Cotogna

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Italian restaurant in San Francisco, CA

4.5 · 2,267 reviewsOpens today at 4:30 AM

Popular eatery serving spit-roasted and grilled meat & fish, wood-fired pizza and house-made pasta.

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AI ScoreChatGPT and Gemini didn't mention Cotogna.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Updated Sep 9, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from pacific_birdie.

Services

What Cotogna offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

Who you'll see, and whether their licenses check out.
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Today4:30 AM to 9 PM
Mondays4:30 to 9 PM

Busy times

Closed now. Busiest Fri and Sat, noon to 5.

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Cotogna.

4.5from 2,267 reviews on Google

Cotogna is known for its fresh pasta and vibrant atmosphere, but service inconsistencies and management issues have led to mixed reviews. Cotogna presents a mix of experiences, with some diners enjoying the vibrant atmosphere and open kitchen, while others report negative interactions with staff, particularly regarding sidewalk management. The restaurant's outdoor seating offers a lively San Francisco ambiance, but complaints about service and food quality mar the overall experience.

  • 572%
  • 44%
  • 312%
  • 20%
  • 112%
Would go back76%76% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 76%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 12%, 3 stars · Negative 12%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Ravioli and pasta dishes
  • Exceptional hospitality
  • Fresh ingredients
  • Creative menu
  • Great wine and drinks list
The bad
  • Long waits for service
  • Staff unresponsive during meals
  • High corkage fees
  • Inconsistent food quality
  • Management's handling of sidewalk issues

Press and awards

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Listed on 5 of the 24 directories AI reads.

DirectoryListed
YelpListed
FacebookListed
MapQuestListed
Chamber of CommerceListed
OpenTableListed
Apple MapsNot listed
BBBNot listed
Yellow PagesNot listed
FoursquareNot listed
NextdoorNot listed
MantaNot listed
SuperpagesNot listed
HotfrogNot listed
CylexNot listed
BrownbookNot listed
TupaloNot listed
YellowbookNot listed
MerchantCircleNot listed
AlignableNot listed
TrustpilotNot listed
BirdeyeNot listed
ThumbtackNot listed
TripadvisorNot listed
GrouponNot listed
+8and 8 more directories AI reads

How AI sees Cotogna

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

45out of 100

30 San Francisco avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsCotogna

  • Retrieval grounding 26%Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.25
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.40
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.53
  • Reviews & response 12%The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.90
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.69
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.90
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.38
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.39

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CotognaSpeed & mobileGoogle Business ProfileContent freshness & schemaBacklink & citation authorityRetrieval groundingReviews & responseOff-property attestationAI visibility

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What AI reads

The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Cotogna. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.

Local AI Registry · Italian restaurants in San Francisco, CA · Editorial

Cotogna, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 9, 2026.

Published September 9, 2026 · Updated September 9, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

Cotogna is an italian restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 45 of 100, which is fair.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks

Key facts

FactValue
TypeItalian restaurant
Address490 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
HoursMon to Tue 4:30 AM to 9 PM · Wed to Thu 11:30 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Closed Sun
Phone(415) 775-8508
Rating4.5 across 2,267 reviews on Google
Quietest timeThursday
UpdatedSeptember 9, 2026

All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress490 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescriptionPopular eatery serving spit-roasted and grilled meat & fish, wood-fired pizza and house-made pasta.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Tue 4:30 to 9:00 PM · Wed to Thu 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sun ClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoMondays4:30 to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameCotognaConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(415) 775-8508ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday4:30 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday4:30 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday11:30 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday11:30 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday11:30 AM to 9:30 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday11:30 AM to 9:30 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSundayClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceGrilled fishAI guess
ServicesServiceGrilled meatAI guess
ServicesServiceHouse-made pastaAI guess
ServicesServiceItalian cuisineAI guess
ServicesServiceSpit-roasted meatAI guess
ServicesServiceWood-fired pizzaAI guess
LinksInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cotogna_sfConfirmedBusiness website
LinksWebsitehttp://cotognasf.com/ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

Visiting Cotogna

Address: 490 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA. Phone: (415) 775-8508. Hours: Mon to Tue 4:30 AM to 9 PM · Wed to Thu 11:30 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Popular eatery serving spit-roasted and grilled meat & fish, wood-fired pizza and house-made pasta."

When to go

Quietest day: Thursday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
Pacific Ave & Montgomery StBus stop1 min walk
Blue Bottle CoffeeCoffee shop1 min walk
Motorcycle Parking MeteredParking1 min walk
ParkingParking lot1 min walk
The Cigar Bar & GrillRestaurant1 min walk
BixFine dining restaurant2 min walk

Reputation

4.5 average across 2,267 reviews: Google 2,267. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Cotogna is known for its fresh pasta and vibrant atmosphere, but service inconsistencies and management issues have led to mixed reviews. (AI guess, from 2,267 reviews.)

What people like

  • Ravioli and pasta dishes
  • Exceptional hospitality
  • Fresh ingredients
  • Creative menu
  • Great wine and drinks list

What people do not like

  • Long waits for service
  • Staff unresponsive during meals
  • High corkage fees
  • Inconsistent food quality

Press

Awards

Directories

Listed on 5 of the 24 directories we checked.

DirectoryListed
AlignableNot listed
Apple MapsNot listed
BBBNot listed
BirdeyeNot listed
BrownbookNot listed
Chamber of CommerceListed
CylexNot listed
FacebookListed
FoursquareNot listed
GrouponNot listed
HotfrogNot listed
MantaNot listed
MapQuestListed
MerchantCircleNot listed
NextdoorNot listed
OpenTableListed
SuperpagesNot listed
ThumbtackNot listed
TripadvisorNot listed
TrustpilotNot listed
TupaloNot listed
YellowbookNot listed
Yellow PagesNot listed
YelpListed

Questions people ask

torn between Cotogna and Sodini's Trattoria?

where does this place post updates

any last minute tables here?

somewhere cheaper in San Francisco that is not a risk?

Ballpark for a visit to a restaurant in San Francisco?

Are the hours on Google right for this place?

walk in at Cotogna in San Francisco, or is it appointment only?

address for this place, anyone have it?

Coffee near Cotogna on Pacific?

anything people actually moan about here?

Worth the hype at Cotogna?

best italian restaurant in San Francisco

pricey at Cotogna, or about normal?

do they shut Sundays

Booking a first visit at Cotogna, what happens?

quietest day to hit Cotogna?

genuinely, what is good about this one

The AI Score: 45 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco italian restaurants run 23 to 45. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Cotogna scores 45, above the San Francisco average of 30. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresCotogna
Retrieval grounding2625Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.Poor
Off-property attestation2040Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility1453Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Fair
Reviews & response1290The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.Good
Backlink & citation authority869Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Good
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile738Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Poor
Content freshness & schema539Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Poor

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an italian restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business

Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to Cotogna
CotognaLocalBusiness#businesshttp://cotognasf.com/Subject of this page
San Francisco, CaliforniaCity#cityCity Cotogna is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the italian restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best italian restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/italian-restaurant
  • Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco

Nearby

  • /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
  • /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
  • /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
  • /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
  • /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
  • /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca

References

Show references (3)

Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJA0YvGPWAhYAReXmaDTTdWzU (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
  • [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 5, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
  • [3] cotognasf.com, http://cotognasf.com/ (accessed Oct 5, 2026)

The code behind this page

This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.

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Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.

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One connected graph. Every person and service has its own @id and links to the business, and a licensed person links to the license and the board that issued it.

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# Cotogna, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-09.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca

## Photos

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## In short

Cotogna is an italian restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 45 of 100, which is fair.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Italian restaurant |
| Address | 490 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Tue 4:30 AM to 9 PM · Wed to Thu 11:30 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Closed Sun |
| Phone | (415) 775-8508 |
| Rating | 4.5 across 2,267 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Thursday |
| Updated | September 9, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 490 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Popular eatery serving spit-roasted and grilled meat & fish, wood-fired pizza and house-made pasta. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Tue 4:30 to 9:00 PM · Wed to Thu 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Mondays | 4:30 to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Cotogna | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 775-8508 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 4:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 4:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Grilled fish | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Grilled meat | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | House-made pasta | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Italian cuisine | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Spit-roasted meat | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Wood-fired pizza | AI guess |  |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/cotogna_sf | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | http://cotognasf.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Cotogna

Address: 490 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA. Phone: (415) 775-8508. Hours: Mon to Tue 4:30 AM to 9 PM · Wed to Thu 11:30 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Popular eatery serving spit-roasted and grilled meat & fish, wood-fired pizza and house-made pasta."


### When to go

Quietest day: Thursday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pacific Ave & Montgomery St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Blue Bottle Coffee | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Motorcycle Parking Metered | Parking | 1 min walk |
| Parking | Parking lot | 1 min walk |
| The Cigar Bar & Grill | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Bix | Fine dining restaurant | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.5 average across 2,267 reviews: Google 2,267. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Cotogna is known for its fresh pasta and vibrant atmosphere, but service inconsistencies and management issues have led to mixed reviews. (AI guess, from 2,267 reviews.)


### What people like

- Ravioli and pasta dishes
- Exceptional hospitality
- Fresh ingredients
- Creative menu
- Great wine and drinks list


### What people do not like

- Long waits for service
- Staff unresponsive during meals
- High corkage fees
- Inconsistent food quality


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 5 of the 24 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Alignable | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Not listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| Facebook | Listed |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Groupon | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Not listed |
| OpenTable | Listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Tripadvisor | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Listed |


## Questions people ask


### torn between Cotogna and Sodini's Trattoria?


### where does this place post updates


### any last minute tables here?


### somewhere cheaper in San Francisco that is not a risk?


### Ballpark for a visit to a restaurant in San Francisco?


### Are the hours on Google right for this place?


### walk in at Cotogna in San Francisco, or is it appointment only?


### address for this place, anyone have it?


### Coffee near Cotogna on Pacific?


### anything people actually moan about here?


### Worth the hype at Cotogna?


### best italian restaurant in San Francisco


### pricey at Cotogna, or about normal?


### do they shut Sundays


### Booking a first visit at Cotogna, what happens?


### quietest day to hit Cotogna?


### genuinely, what is good about this one


## The AI Score: 45 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco italian restaurants run 23 to 45. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Cotogna scores 45, above the San Francisco average of 30. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Cotogna |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 53 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Fair |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 90 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 69 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 38 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 39 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an italian restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Cotogna |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cotogna | LocalBusiness | #business | http://cotognasf.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Cotogna is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the italian restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best italian restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/italian-restaurant
- Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJA0YvGPWAhYAReXmaDTTdWzU (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 5, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] cotognasf.com, http://cotognasf.com/ (accessed Oct 5, 2026)

The files every page on the registry shares, and how to copy this code for your own site, are here: https://localairegistry.com/developers

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Every source behind this page, including every post and comment from locals. Each has its own permanent link, so AI engines can check it and anything copied from here carries its link back.

  1. torn between Cotogna and Sodini's Trattoria? Question by pacific_birdie, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/cotogna-or-piccolo-forno-for-fresh-pasta-dishes-ranked-2-in-the
  2. where does this place post updates Question by circling_on_pacific, Sep 12, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/what-has-cotogna-been-posting-lately
  3. any last minute tables here? Question by pacific_roan, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/does-cotogna-ever-have-last-minute-openings
  4. somewhere cheaper in San Francisco that is not a risk? Question by pacific_jo, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/is-there-anywhere-cheaper-than-cotogna-in-san-francisco-that-is-still
  5. Ballpark for a visit to a restaurant in San Francisco? Question by pacific_ivy, Sep 8, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/what-does-an-italian-restaurant-actually-cost-in-san-francisco
  6. Are the hours on Google right for this place? Question by picky_on_pacific, Sep 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/what-are-the-hours-of-operation-for-cotogna
  7. walk in at Cotogna in San Francisco, or is it appointment only? Question by holiday_reader_downtown_94133, Sep 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/does-cotogna-take-reservations
  8. address for this place, anyone have it? Question by reading_reviews_on_pacific, Sep 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/where-is-cotogna-located
  9. Coffee near Cotogna on Pacific? Question by pacific_van, Aug 31, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/what-is-around-cotogna-on-pacific
  10. anything people actually moan about here? Question by pacific_sage, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/the-reviews-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
  11. Worth the hype at Cotogna? Question by researching_on_pacific, Aug 23, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/what-is-cotogna-known-for-in-its-kitchen
  12. best italian restaurant in San Francisco Question by pacific_ray, Aug 12, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/best-italian-restaurant-in-san-francisco
  13. pricey at Cotogna, or about normal? Question by quiet_on_pacific, Aug 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/what-is-the-price-range-at-cotogna
  14. do they shut Sundays Question by pacific_owl, Jul 31, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/is-cotogna-open-on-sundays
  15. Booking a first visit at Cotogna, what happens? Question by spontaneous_on_pacific, Jul 17, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/what-should-i-know-before-a-first-visit-at-cotogna
  16. quietest day to hit Cotogna? Question by pacific_kit, Jul 15, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/what-is-the-quietest-day-to-book-at-cotogna
  17. genuinely, what is good about this one Question by pacific_dot, Jul 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/cotogna-san-francisco-ca/q/what-do-people-actually-like-about-cotogna

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