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San Diego Map: Caffè Bella ItaliaCaffè Bella Italia Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Cuisine Italian
Hours Tues-Sat noon-10pm; Sun-Mon 4:30-10pm
Address 1525 Garnet Ave
Location Between Ingraham and Haines, Pacific Beach, Mission Bay & the Beaches
Transportation Bus: 9 or 27
Reservations Reservations suggested for dinner
Phone 858/273-1224
Web site www.caffebellaitalia.com
Prices Main courses $9-$14 lunch, $12-$28 dinner
Credit Cards AE, DC, DISC, MC, V
Other Free (small) parking lot

Frommer's Review

If the odd-looking stucco exterior in a less-than-promising section of P.B. looks like a dry cleaner adorned with umbrellas, well, it once was a spot for all your 1-hour Martinizing needs. Although it's well away from the surf, it's lovely inside, and the food can knock your socks off. It's the best spot in the area for shellfish-laden pasta, wood-fired pizzas, and management that welcomes guests like family. Romantic lighting, sheer draperies, and warmly earthy walls create a vaguely North African ambience, assisted by the lilting Milanese accents of the staff (when the din of a few dozen happy diners doesn't drown them out, that is). Every item on the menu bears the unmistakable flavor of freshness and homemade care -- even the simplest curled-edge ravioli stuffed with ricotta, spinach, and pine nuts is elevated to culinary perfection, while salmon is endowed with olives, capers, and thick hunks of tomato in wine and garlic.

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Frommer's San Diego 2008 Frommer's San Diego 2008

Author: Mark Hiss
Pub Date: September 04, 2007
Price: $17.99

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