World of Noodles and Banh Mi: A Little Too Much to Swallow?
Along the short 22nd Street corridor between Mission and Valencia, there has been a flurry of new...
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Restaurant Reviews
Finding Mission District pupusas that take me back to my mother’s kitchen
The sight of freshly cooked Pupusas warms my soul. I’m the child of Salvadoran parents, so pupusas were served for every occasion. Breakfast, lunch, dinner—pupusas are an all-day kind of food. Mexicans and Hondurans make pupusas too, but El Salvador is credited with creating the beloved disk-like treat.
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Distillations: At Royal Cuckoo, dark and mysterious, you can expect the unexpected
Every time I’ve met a woman at The Royal Cuckoo, something unexpected has happened. I don’t think...
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Two family-owned businesses arrive in the Mission: District Tea and Eterna Primavera
Two family-owned businesses owned by first-generation immigrants opened this summer in the Mission District – District Tea, a Boba tea shop on Mission Street and Eterna Primavera, a Guatemalan bakery in the spot on 24th Street that was once occupied by Dominguez Bakery.
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AL’s Deli: Mash-Up or Mish-Mash?
AL’s Deli is the offspring of AL’s Place – yes, that AL’s Place, the one voted Best New Restaurant...
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Distillations: At Bond Bar, every day is casual Friday
A moment later, Gena stepped over and put shots down in front of them. They stared at her, surprised.
“I heard about the break-up,” she said, and walked away.
It’s one of the most awesome things I’ve seen in a bar in a long time.
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Troje: a silo of good eats
Efram has been in the industry 17 years, and Troje is his first restaurant. But unfortunately, it’s not in a great location, as Nayarit learned. However, along with his wife, who hails from Cuba, and who served us, and their adorable daughter Maya, this is definitely a family affair.
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Distillations: At the Rite Spot, the sum is greater than the parts
“So do you want to hear my story about painful personal growth?” I asked Stuart. “No!” he said,...
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Flour + Water Pizzeria – A pie to be proud of
Did Chef Thomas McNaughton need another insanely popular restaurant with lines in front of it at...
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Distillations: The 500 Club, like the Mission itself, has changed. But don’t panic yet.
Laura, an old-school San Francisco punk with dyed red hair, has been fighting with her landlords...
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On the Mission ramen trail: Orenchi Beyond or beyond over?
In the third of my ramen-rating adventures, we shuffled right on in to Orenchi Beyond, surprised...
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Distillations: Not feeling the buzz at The Beehive
Waiting at the bar in The Beehive on Valencia between 19th and 20th, I am sipping “A Beehive”...
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Foreign Cinema, by way of Laszlo
Foreign Cinema, way back in 1999, opened its doors as one of the very earliest gentrifying...
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Distillations: Taking stock of Bear vs. Bull, the Cadillac of ‘transit bars’
Never once, not for a moment, in the Bear vs. Bull bar, do you forget that you’re also in a...
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Distillations: Locanda does not get an A for effort
There’s a thing people sometimes say about Hollywood: For a collection of people that talented to...
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Khamsa: Moroccan in the Mission
Don’t be put off, as I almost was, by the location. Khamsa has actually been around for two...
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