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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Restaurant Reviews
Fried chicken sandwich showdown visits Buttermilk
Julian, 20-something, and Mark, 70-something, will be hunting for the Mission’s best fried chicken...
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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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The fried chicken showdown visits Rhea’s Cafe
Julian, 20-something, and Mark, 70-something, will be hunting for the Mission’s best fried chicken...
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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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The SF Mission fried chicken showdown goes to Monk’s Kettle
One word, Mark: divine. It’s as though God deep-fried their tongue and gave me a cosmic...
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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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The fried chicken showdown in SF’s Mission takes a detour to Wes Burger
Generally, Julian, 20-something, and Mark, 70-something, will be hunting for the Mission’s best...
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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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The fried chicken showdown in SF’s Mission begins at Salumeria
Julian, 20-something, and Mark, 70-something, will be hunting for the Mission’s best fried...
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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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