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Hours

  • Dinner served 5:30 to 10:00 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday & Monday evenings
  • Dinner served 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sunday evenings
  • Closed Tuesday

Reservations
Call us at 415-641-4500 or use our online form.

People
Read about the people behind Incanto.

Directions
Incanto is located at 1550 Church Street, at the southwest corner of the intersection of Church and Duncan Streets in San Francisco's Noe Valley neighborhood. For detailed directions, click here.


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    The Italian Wine Hour. Please join us weeknights between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. as our experienced staff leads a nightly tour of Italy's diverse regions, as experienced through Italy's best wines. Purchase one of our nightly featured wine flights and receive a complimentary plate of cicchetti, savory Italian wine bar snacks.

    2004 Summer Sagra Dinners. A sagra is an Italian country festival that celebrates a particular seasonal food. In Italy, virtually every country town holds a sagra celebrating something: asparagus, cherries, mushrooms, pinenuts, and too many other foods to list.

    Our three Summer Sagra dinners, celebrating melons, basil and figs, concluded on Monday August 30 -- thank you to all those who attended! Please stay tuned for upcoming special dinners later this year.

2004

    "'The thing about figs is they're very versatile, and they lend themselves to both sweet and savory dishes,' says chef Chris Cosentino of Incanto"

    "Luckily for us Chris Cosentino -- executive chef of Incanto -- the highly regarded Italian trattoria, is also enamored of offal, aka variety meats, and features them on his menus."

    "During the past year, Incanto has become a destination; one of the best Italian stops in the Bay Area."

    "At Incanto, Chef Chris Cosentino tosses the shaved-to-order artichokes with arugula, ribbons of Parmesan, and a lemon-olive oil dressing."

    "Still, some restaurants find a way to offer decent glassware without filing for Chapter 11. At Incanto, wine director Claudio Villani stocks four sizes of Riedel and Spiegelau stemware."

    "At Incanto in San Francisco, chef Chris Cosentino goes through 30 crabs a night when he puts Dungeness crab fregola, prepared risotto-style, on the menu."

2003

    "Scoopee Awards for 2003: No restaurants tickled our taste buds this year more than Cortez and Incanto."

    "At Incanto in San Francisco, chef Chris Cosentino slowly poaches large chunks of well-seasoned albacore loin in extra-virgin olive oil."

    "Start with reds from Southern Italy and then work your way north."

    "From a spiritual & cooking standpoint it's been an unparalleled success."

    2003: Critics' Choice for Best Wine Director, Bay Area's Top 75 Restaurants & #65 in the list of 125 Best Things to Eat

      San Francisco Magazine: Annual Food Issue August 2003 [print only]

    "It's like a perfect note in music.  It has clarity and purity."

    "A new chef in the kitchen and brocade drapes have turned Incanto into one of the best, most charming neighborhood Italian restaurants in the city."

    "Villani's [wine] list is guaranteed to take you in a direction you didn't expect."

    "It was hard to leave the warmth of Incanto that night. It would be easy to return."

    Winner, National Restaurant Association's "America's Best Wine List" Award in the category "Casual Dining: Wine List of 100-250 Selections."

    "At least one restaurant in San Francisco is offering an innovative water program: Incanto."

    "Incanto takes Dante as its inspiration."

    "The most ambitious Italian wine list in the city compliments a menu of simple Italian dishes that emphasize pristine ingredients."

      "San Francisco's Best New Restaurants" Food & Wine, April 2003 [print only]

    "The cooking is as clean and bright as the decor."

      "Simply the Best"  Naming Incanto as one of San Francisco's top mid-range restaurants. San Francisco Examiner, January 8, 2003

2002

    "Understatement is the rule at Incanto. If only some of the more formal eateries in the city could strike this balance between attention to detail and a warm welcome."

    "Radiating panache and earnestness at the same time, Incanto is forging a new kind of restaurant culture and the excitement is infectious."

    "A cork dork's dream come true."

    "If you were to confine your eyes only to the wine list at Incanto, you'd think you were in one of the best restaurants in Italy."

    "Incanto is enchanted. It is a neighborhood restaurant with a vision. I sense the inspiration."

    "There's able, friendly service, an attractively mixed clientele, and best of all, serious attention to food and wine, without snobbery."

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