The smell of a savory home-cooked meal filled the air near Marshall Elementary School on Saturday afternoon as nine women peeked into steaming pots filled with dozens of tamales. The women, mothers of Marshall students,...
Mission Local sat down recently at Mission Pie with author Wenonah Hauter, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group Food and Water Watch, to talk about her new book investigating agribusiness, Foodopoly: The Battle...
Adriana Lopez moved to the Mission District from Venezuela nine years ago. In 2010, she opened Pica Pica Maize Kitchen, a Venezuelan arepas restaurant at Valencia and 15th streets. Lopez told Mission Local about the history of...
Papalote Mexican Grill’s carne asada burrito has been nominated in Sunset magazine’s Best of the West: The Big Dish contest. The restaurant at 24th and Valencia streets can do that burrito right, according to the magazine:...
Inside the Mission Market Food Mall is a small restaurant that customers say will transport you to El Salvador with its authentic cuisine. The restaurant’s master chef and owner, Aminta Calderon, migrated to San Francisco from...
On a recent afternoon, Luis Vazquez walked into Brooklyn Pizza in the Tenderloin. Before he got to the counter, he stopped, pointed his index finger at the kitchen and said, “It smells like panuchitos” –...
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Carlos Martinez, manager of Cafe La Taza on Mission Street, says business runs in the family. His father, Noel Martinez, managed a supermarket in his native Nicaragua before moving to the United States with his...
