Italian restaurant and wood-fired hearth kitchen at 1044 Wall St in La Jolla's Village, 92037 — San Diego Magazine's Best New Restaurant 2023. Marisi opened in 2022 directly below Catania, and the two share the Wall-and-Girard intersection while running entirely different Italian playbooks. Handmade pastas, dry-aged beef, wood-roasted vegetables, and a cocktail program drawing from Italian amaro tradition fill the menu. The space is romantic — arched walkways, trailing vines, open patio. The house-made limoncello takes six months to produce and anchors the signature lemon drop martini. Reservations strongly recommended, and date-night guests extending the evening with a second Italian kitchen walk to Bernini's Bistro on Fay for wood-fired pizza by the firepit.