Baonecci

The Got Weekend take

Why go

Go to Baonecci for a dinner rooted in Lucca, the walled Tuscan city where the Gambaccini family’s story began. Executive chef “Mamma” Stefania Gambaccini learned to cook alongside her mother and grandmothers, building the foundation for a kitchen inspired by her hometown. Pizza and pasta are part of the draw, but the family’s connection to Lucchese cooking gives this Preston Road restaurant its particular identity. Walter, Stefania and their sons moved from Italy to San Francisco in 2005 and opened Caffe Baonecci there before bringing the restaurant to Frisco in summer 2022. Today, the family-run dining room emphasizes a welcoming, neighborhood experience rather than a meal to rush through. Settle in over a glass of Chianti and make an evening of it: the restaurant explicitly welcomes romantic dinners and private events, with a story that makes the setting feel more personal than its suburban strip-mall address might suggest.

• Explore a kitchen inspired by Lucca, the Gambaccini family’s Tuscan hometown.
• Make pizza or pasta the centerpiece of dinner.
• Settle in with a glass of Chianti.
• Consider Baonecci for a romantic dinner or private event.

Baonecci suits couples planning a date night and diners who enjoy family-run restaurants with a personal connection to Italian cooking.

Make it your kind of weekend

• date night