Risibisi

Risibisi is a Northern Italian restaurant in a brick-walled building on Petaluma Boulevard North at Washington Street, a short walk from the Petaluma River in the heart of downtown. Owner Marco Palmieri has been part of it since its early years in the mid-2000s, and its kitchen is led by Giuliana Valesi, who serves as both executive chef and pastry chef. The room is comfortable and traditional, with a private dining room for celebrations and tables outside for warm evenings. Risibisi has never chased trends. It is a modest room where many of the guests seem to know each other, the kind of place locals return to for dependable Italian cooking, birthdays and long family dinners, and it has held that place in Petaluma's dining life for close to two decades.