OUR STORY

Founded on San Francisco’s Chestnut Street in 2004, A16 is an award-winning restaurant named after the autostrada which runs from Puglia (the home of burrata) to Naples, the heart of pizza country.

We take our pizza craft seriously, traveling to the birthplace of pizza napoletana to bring the techniques of making pizza to San Francisco. Our salads, pizzas, and main courses are inspired by Southern Italy. Think San Marzano tomatoes meat Jimmy Nardello peppers, Mediterranean oregano meeting California basil, and the richest, creamiest mozzarella and burrata—and so much more.

Owned and operated by award-winning wine director Shelley Lindgren, A16 has long been a family-owned, family-friendly restaurant. Our Corporate Chef is Yosuke Machida.

It’s both a neighborhood spot and a wine- and food-lovers’ destination, where people come for meatballs and pasta as well as seasonal specialties and Neapolitan traditions. In 2012, we opened on College Avenue in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood. Each restaurant offers seasonal menus and award-winning Italian wine lists including Italy’s most renowned producers. A16 also has partner restaurants in Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan.

We make all of our pizzas according to VPN (Vera Pizza Napoletana) requirements, the gold-standard for Neapolitan pizza. We source local produce and work with local artisans on our ceramics, paintings, and murals. We are your corner of Southern Italy in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

The classic recipes of A16 are captured in the cookbook A16 Food+Wine, the IACP book of the year and winner of the Julia Child First Book category.

In The House

Vintners