Pizza fans and wine aficionados alike visit on of San Francisco's top restaurants, A16 in the Marina neighborhood with similar intentions: to enjoy the flavors of Italy's soulful south.

Their restaurant shares a name with the highway that runs from Naples to Canosa, Puglia. True to our namesake, we gather our inspiration from southern Italy, particularly Campania, the region surrounding Naples. Chef Rocky Maselli oversees the menu, which features fresh pasta, house-butchered and house-cured meats and authentic Neapolitan pizza.

Their wine list, comprising more than 500 selections, focuses on the wines of the Mezzogiorno. Sixty percent of the wines are Italian and the majority are from Southern regions, including Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Sardinia, and Sicily.

www.a16sf.com