Boccalone Salumeria
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 433-6500
- Cross Street:
- Market Street
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Sat 8am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm
Editorial Review for Boccalone Salumeria – by Patrick Heig
From a master of Italian cuisine, former Iron Chef contestant and offal afficionado comes this "place for salted pig parts" amid the menagerie of specialty food shops in the Ferry Building. Hunks of all manner of hog--twenty-three varieties cured, cooked, sausaged--hang in a retro meat locker near a butcher block where Cosentino and Co. cut paper-thin slices of common charcuterie (prosiutto) and more adventurous cuts (Coppa di Testa, which translates as "cup of head"). A few hot and cold paninis are served (lonza with peach and mint, or hot sausage and pepper), which are tasty but seem sized for snacking, not lunch, but can be augmented with charcuterie samples served in paper cones.
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Insider Tips
Fun FactThe wood finishes in the shop were reclaimed from a dismantled pier from outside the Ferry Building.
The ExtrasBoccalone products are available for quick delivery via Boccalone's Ferrari-red "salumi-cycle."
Where to SitThis is a to-go-only joint, but you can take your prize out to a bench outside the building facing the bay.
