Foreign Cinema, by way of Laszlo

Jul 13, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Foreign Cinema, way back in 1999, opened its doors as one of the very earliest gentrifying...

Khamsa: Moroccan in the Mission

Jun 8, 2019 | Featured, Food, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Don’t be put off, as I almost was, by the location. Khamsa has actually been around for two...

Hell’s Ramen: No Fury

May 18, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Actually, Hell’s Ramen does have some fury, quite a bit of it, waiting to be unleashed on your...

Rating the Mission’s Ramen: Coco’s Ramen

Apr 27, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews

The Mission is, seemingly all of a sudden, awash in that much loved Japanese staple: ramen. We’ve...

El Sabor de San Miguel: Maya de Guatemala

Mar 23, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews

The Mission has its share of restaurants that hail from the Yucatan region of Mexico, but as far...

Obispo: A Caribbean Rum Palace in the Mission

Mar 9, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Owner Thad Vogler has been jonesing to open Obispo for a very long time. His third outing in the...

At Ritu, chef moves deliciously from popular food truck to brick-and-mortar

Feb 23, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Chef/owner Rupam Bhagat opened Ritu about nine months ago as a brick-and-mortar follow-up to his...

Pho on Bryant — your neighborhood pho and dim sum fix

Feb 9, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Pho on Bryant just opened a few weeks ago, although our server told me they used to be on Monterey...

Shabu House: A little piece of Clement Street in the Mission!

Feb 2, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Shabu House is an offshoot of the beloved restaurant of the same name on Clement in the Richmond...

Tahini: Middle Eastern fast food that tastes homemade

Jan 5, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Tahini has been open for a little over two years (how do I miss these things?) and may be giving...

Prairie – Il Italiano Nuovo in the Mission

Dec 8, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews

Prairie opened up in the old Hog & Rocks location a little over a month ago. The space was...

Piri Pica shocker – come for the chicken!

Nov 17, 2018 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews

Chef Telmo Faria and partner Khalid Mushasa dreamed about opening a restaurant together that would...

The Fried Chicken Showdown stops in at Piri Pica

Nov 14, 2018 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews

Julian, 20-something, and Mark, 70-something, are on a journey to find the Mission’s best fried...

The fried chicken sandwich showdown visits Media Noche

Oct 24, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews

Can a fried chicken sandwich corrode the soul? Julian, 20-something, and Mark, 70-something, are...

Jasmine Tea House not what it used to be

Oct 20, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews

Back in 2002, Jasmine Tea House had its 15 minutes of fame when former President Bill Clinton...

Valencia Street’s Curio reborn

Sep 29, 2018 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews

“Out with the old, in with the new” is what they say, n’est-ce pas? Vestry, the old...

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