Café La Boheme – Comforting SF Coffee House
Café La Boheme has been around since 1973, and is absolutely a family affair. Owner Awad Faddoul...
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Author: Maria C. Ascarrunz
Hoffmann’s: A Clean, Well-Lighted Place With Good Food!
Hoffmann’s Grill & Rotisserie is another place I reviewed over the holidays that hasn’t been...
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CLOSED/Coco Frio – Food: Wow! Ambiance: Needs Warming Up!
For the holidays, I thought I’d review a place or two that is maybe not as tried-and true, not...
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Old Jerusalem, Welcoming Warmth
Old Jerusalem has been around for 11 years on a rather distant corner of Mission Street, and I...
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Yamo: Hole-in-the-Wall Love
Yamo doesn’t really need the exposure, it isn’t hurting for business. There is almost always a...
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Tao Yin: A Little Something for Everyone
Tao Yin opened in 1992, and has been owned by the same Chinese gentleman all these years. We...
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Valencia Pizza & Pasta – A Neighborhood Stalwart
We’ve walked by this place on the corner of Mission and 19th for 10 years, barely giving it a...
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El Aji: Go for the Ceviche, Return for the Ceviche
I may have mentioned somewhere before that I love Peruvian food. Really, really love it. As a kid...
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Mateo’s Taqueria, Not a Tech-eria
Mateo’s Taqueria at 2471 Mission St.took over the space left by the very short-lived Jamie’s,...
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Restaurant Review: A Taste of the Caribbean in the Mission
Nuevo Frutilandia has been a puzzle for me for a few years now. Why does a Cuban/Puerto Rican...
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Restaurant Review: New Taste for an Ancient Cuisine
I hadn’t had Ethiopian food in at least 19 years. My first couple – and last – times...
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Warming Flavors at Aslam’s Rasoi
I always forget how much I love Indian food. In the nine years Aslam’s Rasoi has been open, I’ve...
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The World Will Come to Us: Review of Al’s Place
Now, this is not a typical restaurant that I would normally review for Mission Local. It’s not a...
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A New Old Friend: Review of Thanh Tam II
Thanh Tam II has been at 577 Valencia St. for 11 years, but usually gets overlooked by those who...
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Rising from the Ashes: Taqueria La Alteña!
Taqueria La Alteña was sadly one of the victims of a four-alarm fire that tore through a grand old...
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Radio Habana: Flavor + Revolution Tucked Into a Closet
Radio Habana isn’t a typical restaurant, and that’s how Victor likes it. Victor Navarete, a...
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