It would be quite surprising if Italian restaurants in SF would be better than Italian restaurants in Italy. I'm not a restaurant / food expert, but found that

It would be quite surprising if Italian restaurants in SF would be better than Italian restaurants in Italy. I'm not a restaurant / food expert, but found that food is most of the time average, sometimes great, sometimes crap, around the world (in Rome, Tuscany, Paris, Germany, Nordics, Asia, US). Depends where you go, what you order and what are your reference points (culturally or taste wise). What I think the point of the article is that, denser and well earning cities can offer more average _and_ premium choices. (And Americans, specially in California, always say that the everything is awesome, delicious etc :)