By Heidi Knapp Rinella

Tips come in from many different places, and in this case it was a regular reader and dedicated fan of a restaurant who just wouldn't give up. But, I told him, I'd looked at the menu on the restaurant's website and didn't think it was much different from any other Italian restaurant in the valley. Ah, but he told me, the difference was in the welcoming, friendly atmosphere.

So finally I went. And he was right, of course. We felt warmly welcomed to North Beach Italian Bistro from the point where we entered and were greeted by a man with a proprietary air to the delivery of complimentary tiramisu, apparently because, as we'd acknowledged, we were first-time customers.

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