Sunday I am going with 3 folks to The City...for ballet, near Civic Center, not for baseball.

I have not been around North Beach for years, and we will need a walking break both before and after the show.  And eating too. 

Any suggestions for a fairly fast meal around 1130 or 12?  Or dinner around 5 or 6?  

One of the friends is Italian ancestry but never visited North beach. Authentic food would be fun.  Chinatown would be a possibility, or someplace else close in.  

I figure we will pay for parking all day, then take Muni or a cab or something out to Civic Center.   We're coming from Sacramento area, could drive over either bridge, or even take the tube from Berkeley.  thanks, mccovers