Pausa
- 223 E. 4th Ave., San Mateo, 94401, United States
- 25 - 50 USD • Italian, Regional Cuisine
Pausa
- 223 E. 4th Ave., San Mateo, 94401, United States
- 25 - 50 USD • Italian, Regional Cuisine
MICHELIN Guide’s Point Of View
Thanks to its modern setting and late hours (by San Mateo standards, at least), a growing crowd of smart couples and tech types flock to this San Mateo sweetie. Everyone is here for the authentic Italian eats from Chef/co-owner Andrea Giuliani, who dishes up the cuisine of his native Veneto.
The dining room has a view of the charcuterie-aging room and those artistically presented salumi boards of fennel-flecked finocchiona and exceptional salame al parmigiano. The wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas are equally strong—try the porchetta variation, topped with gorgonzola and radicchio. Of course, the pastas don’t disappoint either: spinach spaghetti amatriciana with house-cured guanciale, piennolo tomatoes, calabrian chilies, and pecorino is downright perfect.
- = Bib Gourmand: good quality, good value cooking
- ó Comfortable restaurant
Speciality
- Salumi or formaggi boards with all charcuterie made in house, the items are accompanied by tigella, cunza, pickles and mustard
- Buckwheat pizzoccheri, chanterelle mushrooms, kale, butterball potatoes, shallots, crispy garlic, casera cheese
- Spiced parsnip cake, chestnut buttercream, compressed pear, pomegranate, salted caramel gelato
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