Della Santina's has anchored a brick-walled courtyard just off the Sonoma Plaza since 1990, when Quirico and Shirley Della Santina brought the Tuscan cooking of Lucca to the valley. The dining room keeps the unhurried rhythm of a family trattoria — white tablecloths, fresh flowers, a fire in the cooler months, and a gated garden patio that fills on warm evenings. Three decades in, the kitchen still runs on recipes carried from Quirico's mother and mother-in-law, and the family, now into its second generation, works the room as readily as the stoves. The result reads less like a destination than a constant: a place locals return to for a midweek plate of pasta as comfortably as for an anniversary.
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Della Santina's has anchored a brick-walled courtyard just off the Sonoma Plaza since 1990, when Quirico and Shirley Della Santina brought the Tuscan cooking of Lucca to the valley. The dining room keeps the unhurried rhythm of a family trattoria — white tablecloths, fresh flowers, a fire in the cooler months, and a gated garden patio that fills on warm evenings. Three decades in, the kitchen still runs on recipes carried from Quirico's mother and mother-in-law, and the family, now into its second generation, works the room as readily as the stoves. The result reads less like a destination than a constant: a place locals return to for a midweek plate of pasta as comfortably as for an anniversary.
The cooking is Northern Italian in the truest sense — handmade pastas, a rotisserie turning chickens and rabbit, and daily seafood that leans on what the coast sends inland. Gnocchi della Nonna, pappardelle with duck ragù, and penne con funghi appear alongside braised tripe and rotisserie meats for heartier appetites. Portions are generous and prices stay grounded, a deliberate counterweight to the valley's tasting-menu set. Next door, Enoteca Della Santina extends into a wine bar and bottle shop, so a meal can begin or end with a glass poured by the same family — Sonoma's enduring answer to the neighborhood trattoria.
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