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Warm and Cozy: Outdoors at Ragazza

2/6/2013

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Sharon Adriana - Owner and Chef: Ragazza
Since moving from Michigan, my blood has certainly thinned quite a bit. This time two years ago, I would have killed for evenings in the low 50°Fs. 

Yet while we are fortunate enough to enjoy the smallest deviation in temperature of any city in the U.S., we're still a bunch of wusses. Our weather is oh-so close to being the ideal setting for that perfect al fresco dining experience year round, but those chilly evenings quickly turn unbearably bitter cold when the time comes to choose our seats, putting a damper in our best laid plans. Heat lamps attempt to quell our woes, but the fiery hot waves either burn our faces or never truly keep our whole bodies comfortable. 

Ragazza, the intimate, 38-seat Italian restaurant on Divisadero has found the perfect solution. Walk through the back, up the stairs and onto the expansive patio and behold: 

The Heated Gazebo. 

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This "heat umbrella" uses radiant heat to warm the patio space in its entirety, encasing you in a bubble of cozy. The clear paneling allows you to enjoy the ambiance of the outdoors, and simultaneously the warmth that the indoors would normally afford. 

All the while, enjoying some of the most phenomenal pizza, pasta and dessert this side of the Mississippi (and for the love of anything, do NOT miss the baked rigatoni with butternut squash, sage, fontina, brown butter and amaretti).   

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Amatriciana - Tomato, Olli Pancetta, Chilies, Pecorino, Oregano & an Egg
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Baked Rigatoni w/ Butternut Squash, Sage, Fontina, Brown Butter & Amaretti
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Meyer Lemon Panna Cotta w/ Blackberries
Perfect for special small gatherings or a typical evening out, the patio is first come, first served, second to none. 

Nosh on,
Josh

Ragazza
311 DIVISADERO STREET
(BETWEEN PAGE AND OAK)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117

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