REVIEW - Specchio

We went here for dinner a couple months ago with friends, and it was okay. Food was pretty good, but the overbearing noise was distracting. The place is a concrete echo chamber. 

My brother Lawrence and I went there again last night, and because it was the Friday of Thanksgiving weekend, the place was virtually deserted. This allowed us to judge Specchio on food and service alone.

Unfortunately, again it was just okay. It's certainly not classic Italian - in menu design, flavors or delivery. That's not a fault, as there are plenty of those in San Francisco, but it does beg the question: "why go to Specchio?"

Well, aside from the parking garage almost next door - a rare vehicular oasis in The Mission - there's not much to recommend it. Specchio is just one of many restaurants you'll visit and say "That was fine, but I don't think I need to go there again".