Cibo Rustico Pizzeria

Cibo Rustico is a family-run, wood-fired Italian pizzeria in Vintners Square, the small shopping center off Cleveland Avenue on Santa Rosa's west side. It is a casual neighborhood trattoria with indoor seating, a patio for warm days and a rustic mood that leans Southern Italian. The kitchen makes its sauces and meatballs in house and builds the menu around the wood-fired oven: pizzas first, then pastas and antipasti. It is a regular participant in Sonoma County Restaurant Week and, on some evenings, a stage for live music, which suits a room where families, couples and groups of friends settle in for a long meal. For many on the west side, it is the dependable answer to the question of where to go for pizza and a glass of wine.