This is a new Italian restaurant that opened in the financial district of San Francisco that had a rough start, but they apparently worked through all the kinks, because the dinner we had (for a friend’s birthday) was quite solid. Nothing blew me away, but nothing disappointed.

The place itself is small, but not too crowded…it had that San Francisco, modern-warehouse kind of look. Fairly nice overall.

Service was excellent (except perhaps for some long wait times between dishes). The wait staff was extremely friendly and pleasant and the chef himself even came out to make sure we enjoyed our meal at the end (he apparently does this with a lot of tables).

Anyways, on to the food.

We started with several random appetizers, including a mussels dish (solid), a cheese-and-salamis plate (excellent quality stuff) and a calamari plate (okay, nothing special other than some unique dipping sauces that weren’t all that good).

My entree was a duck breast special which was quite good. With some grilled vegetables and a very tasty reduction sauce, it was quite tasty. Lightly crispy duck skin with tender meat underneath, it was solid.

Didn’t really have dessert, as we had a cake for the birthday, but one person did order dessert and it wasn’t bad.

All in all, nothing overly impressive, but nothing to complain about either. Worth trying.