Gaspare's Pizza House & Italian Restaurant

(Outer Richmond)
5546 Geary Blvd.  
415-387-5025 Map it
www.gasparespizza.com

$$-$$$
Italian
cheap eats, dine at the bar, family style, kid-friendly, open 7 days

SCENE: You come to Gaspare’s to relive a) your East Coast childhood or b) your fond memories of the movie Moonstruck. This Outer Richmond relic has all the ingredients: Chianti in straw-wrapped flasks, table-side jukeboxes with a time-warp playlist (Dean Martin, Chubby Checker or Mario Lanza) and murals of (on the east wall) Sicily and (on the west) SF. It’s also the perfect venue for kids.

EATS: Though you can get meatballs at Gaspare’s, along with chicken piccata, eggplant alla Parmigiano and baked lasagna, this is really a pizza joint. The menu lists 27 different varieties of pie, each with a crust that’s properly thin and a not-too-sweet tomato sauce. We like the classic pepperoni variety.