# Piccolo Forno, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/piccolo-forno-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/piccolo-forno-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

Piccolo Forno is an italian restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 36 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Italian restaurant |
| Address | 725 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA |
| Hours | Mon 11:45 AM to 10 PM · Closed Tue · Wed to Sun 11:45 AM to 10 PM |
| Phone | (415) 757-0087 |
| Rating | 4.7 across 2,390 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Wednesday |
| 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 | 725 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Casual neighborhood trattoria with Italian classics & espresso in colorful, contemporary quarters. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon 11:45 AM to 10:00 PM · Tue Closed · Wed to Sun 11:45 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Piccolo Forno | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 757-0087 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:45 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:45 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:45 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:45 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:45 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 11:45 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Espresso | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Italian cuisine | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Wine list | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Wine selection | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | https://piccolo-forno-sf.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 1 service Piccolo Forno offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wine list |  |  |  | From their website |


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## Visiting Piccolo Forno

Address: 725 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA. Phone: (415) 757-0087. Hours: Mon 11:45 AM to 10 PM · Closed Tue · Wed to Sun 11:45 AM to 10 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Casual neighborhood trattoria with Italian classics & espresso in colorful, contemporary quarters."


### When to go

Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Sunday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Graffeo Coffee Roasting Co. | Coffee roastery | 1 min walk |
| Columbus Ave & Filbert St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Sushi On North Beach | Japanese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Prison Bars Inc | Snack bar | 1 min walk |
| Le Sandwich | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk |
| XOX Truffles | Dessert shop | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.7 average across 2,390 reviews: Google 2,390. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

While Piccolo Forno offers delicious Italian dishes like butternut squash ravioli, inconsistent service and hygiene issues detract from the experience. (AI guess, from 2,390 reviews.)


### What people like

- Butternut squash ravioli
- Mushroom pizza
- Lasagna
- Chili oil
- Caprese salad


### What people do not like

- Long waits for tables
- Rude or unprofessional staff
- Inconsistent food quality
- Hygiene concerns in the kitchen
- Service charge added without consent


### Press

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## Questions people ask


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


### is there a socials account worth following


### Why do people rate Piccolo Forno?


### planning a Tuesday visit, is that a wasted trip


### torn between Piccolo Forno and Cotogna?


### cheaper than this place in San Francisco without it being sketchy?


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


### trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet


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


### do I need to fill anything in beforehand


### Booking at Piccolo Forno in San Francisco, how does it work?


### rough idea what Piccolo Forno costs?


### what do people actually pay at restaurants around San Francisco


### best italian restaurant in San Francisco


### discounts for coming back, is that a thing


### people keep recommending Piccolo Forno, what for?


### cancellation list here, is there one


## The AI Score: 36 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. Piccolo Forno scores 36, above the San Francisco average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Piccolo Forno |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 35 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 82 | 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 | 55 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 |  | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 34 | 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 Piccolo Forno |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Piccolo Forno | LocalBusiness | #business | https://piccolo-forno-sf.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Piccolo Forno 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:ChIJLeYyO_CAhYAR6j9XsEIm3GI (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] piccolo-forno-sf.com, https://piccolo-forno-sf.com/wine-list (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)