Prubechu – Guam in the House!
Prubechu opened four years ago to only a modicum of fanfare. While the cuisine itself caused a...
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Author: maria-c-ascarrunz
Rite Spot Café — The Bar that dreams are made of
Who knew the Rite Spot had been around for 60 years? Everyone but me, that’s who. I’m horribly...
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Vegan Gracias Madre survives well — thank you, Mother!
“Gracias Madre” means, essentially, “Thank you, Mother Earth.” The food here is...
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Lotus SF — Classic North Indian Fare
Lotus SF has barely been open six weeks, but its look so intrigued me, I had to check it out. It...
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Picaro and Esperpento, two long-lived tapas restaurants, one family
Picaro and Esperpento have been in the Mission a very long time — 35 and 25 years,...
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Las Palmeras — Come for the Sopa, Stay for the Pupusas
I’ve been walking by Las Palmeras for years — 13, to be exact. But they’ve been around for...
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Hawker Fare — Isaan Thai Street Food on Valencia
Hawker Fare is Chef James Syhabout’s San Francisco outpost of his now-shuttered Oakland...
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Foxsister, Korean in the Mission!
We’ve had a smattering of Korean joints here and there in the Mission, but really not much to...
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Gallardo’s: Classic Mexican
Gallardo’s was new to me, but certainly not to the Mission. They’d been around for 17 years at...
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Alma Cocina – more Peruvian in the Mission!
We are such a lucky neighborhood. We have so many options for places to eat, at every price point...
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“Mealmade” Reborn as “Kitava Kitchen”
The new Kitava Kitchen gets its name from a small Pacific island whose native inhabitants...
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Spice Jar: Asian Fusion in the Mission
Housed in a little shoebox on the corner of Bryant and 23rd, I had no idea Spice Jar had been here...
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El Metate — Happy Anniversary!
El Metate will celebrate its 15th year this November, and the young man who took our order at the...
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Rincon Nayarit — seafood from Mexico’s western coastline in SF’s Mission!
A “marisquería” is a restaurant specializing in seafood — fish, shellfish, crustaceans...
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Cozy La Santaneca de la Mission proves worth the wait
Editor’s Note 9/25/17: La Santaneca is being honored by the Mayor’s Office for 2017...
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Review: Souvla — Opa!
Souvla opened its third San Francisco storefront in the Mission (the other two are in Hayes Valley...
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Fri
19
Rite Spot Cafe: Happy Hour: Chris Moss (Rock, Americana, Guitarist)
April 19 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Fri
19
Red Poppy Art House: Rebecca Kleinmann & Chloe Scott Present Kata-Vento: Music from Northeastern Brazil
April 19 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
