Volpi's Ristorante & Bar

The place is also a minimally stocked deli that also sells sandwiches during lunch time. It's a minor part of the business, the money maker is the giant size dinners. Petaluma Landmark since the early 20th century. Decor & housekeeping are still stuck in 1918. Gets NORCAL award for ugliest liquor bar. Peeling lime-green walls covered with dusty old taxidermy animal heads and katty-wampus dirty-greasy framed photos of old local sports teams. Big tables with red checkered cloths. Funky chairs. Crappy porcelain & glassware. A little old lady plays the accordion (poorly) for the old Italian farts in the bar. Restaurant is 3 rooms. You want to sit in the front dining room. We ate in the "alcove" next to the bar. It should be renamed "The Hovel", NOT recommended. The food: BIG portions of fresh vegetables, fish, meats, and pasta. This is Italian-Californian 1920's style cooking at its best. Drink the cheap house jug Burgundy with y ... more

The place is also a minimally stocked deli that also sells sandwiches during lunch time. It's a minor part of the business, the money maker is the giant size dinners. Petaluma Landmark since the early 20th century. Decor & housekeeping are still stuck in 1918. Gets NORCAL award for ugliest liquor bar. Peeling lime-green walls covered with dusty old taxidermy animal heads and katty-wampus dirty-greasy framed photos of old local sports teams. Big tables with red checkered cloths. Funky chairs. Crappy porcelain & glassware. A little old lady plays the accordion (poorly) for the old Italian farts in the bar. Restaurant is 3 rooms. You want to sit in the front dining room. We ate in the "alcove" next to the bar. It should be renamed "The Hovel", NOT recommended. The food: BIG portions of fresh vegetables, fish, meats, and pasta. This is Italian-Californian 1920's style cooking at its best. Drink the cheap house jug Burgundy with your meal, it is the best match for the hearty, good tasting food. Prices are not cheap. The full family style rib eye steak dinner is $35, the Filet Mignon is $42. But it is so much food you will burst if you eat it all. Smaller portions than Buca de Beppo but the quality is 900% better. It is essential to make dinner reservations, as the place is always crowded. less