Get out there and order in! More take-out and delivery in the Mission reviews: Prubechu and Castillito Yucateco

Apr 3, 2020 | Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Our map of places open for takeout is here. Prubechu Tonight’s dinner was delivered from...

Kimbara: there’s never enough Peruvian

Feb 22, 2020 | Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

While we have no shortage of Peruvian restaurants in San Francisco (and, certainly, in the...

Review: Lupulandia Brewing – Tijuana en La Misión!

Jan 25, 2020 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Instagram, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

We’ve added yet another brewery to our neighborhood, this one with roots in Tijuana. Its...

Tacos El Patron: like a boss!

Dec 7, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Well, we’re back here on this corner again – where Nayarit, sadly, came and went, followed quickly...

Fried Chicken showdown visits the Popeyes apocalypse

Dec 6, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Julian, 30-something, and Mark, 70-something, are on a journey to find the Mission’s best fried...

Review: Dear Inga – A love letter to your Oma

Nov 23, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Instagram, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Dear Inga, an Eastern European/Georgian restaurant, has moved into the space that housed the much...

Aditi Indian Cuisine replaces an old French favorite and does so with verve

Nov 15, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Aditi was a surprise opening for us. Garçon, the long-time and beloved French bistro on the corner...

Dancing Yak: Nepalese in the Mission

Nov 2, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Dancing Yak opened about a year ago. I purposely didn’t go before, because the location it sits in...

Restaurant Review: Great Gold – what’s in a name?

Oct 14, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Chef/co-owner Brandon Kirksey told me that “Great Gold,” the name of his newly rewired restaurant...

World of Noodles and Banh Mi: A Little Too Much to Swallow?

Sep 21, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Along the short 22nd Street corridor between Mission and Valencia, there has been a flurry of new...

Finding Mission District pupusas that take me back to my mother’s kitchen

Sep 15, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Food, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Restaurant Reviews

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.

AL’s Deli: Mash-Up or Mish-Mash?

Sep 7, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

AL’s Deli is the offspring of AL’s Place – yes, that AL’s Place, the one voted Best New Restaurant...

Troje: a silo of good eats

Aug 24, 2019 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Instagram, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

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.