Obispo: A Caribbean Rum Palace in the Mission
Owner Thad Vogler has been jonesing to open Obispo for a very long time. His third outing in the...
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At Ritu, chef moves deliciously from popular food truck to brick-and-mortar
Chef/owner Rupam Bhagat opened Ritu about nine months ago as a brick-and-mortar follow-up to his...
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Prairie – Il Italiano Nuovo in the Mission
Prairie opened up in the old Hog & Rocks location a little over a month ago. The space was...
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Review: Rintaro soars in the Mission
Izakaya Rintaro opened in 2015, with Chez Panisse alum Chef Sylvan Brackett at the helm. Although...
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Son’s Addition: It All Adds Up!
Son’s Addition opened late last year and brought a family-friendly, approachable, upscale...
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Francisca’s: a chef re-emerges in SF’s Mission
Chef Manny Torres Gimenez has owned four restaurants in the Mission now, with different degrees of...
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The Morris: Your Neighborhood Destination Place
The Morris has only been in existence for just over a year-and-a-half, but owing to its location...
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Prubechu – Guam in the House!
Prubechu opened four years ago to only a modicum of fanfare. While the cuisine itself caused a...
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Rite Spot Café — The Bar that dreams are made of
Who knew the Rite Spot had been around for 60 years? Everyone but me, that’s who. I’m horribly...
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Vegan Gracias Madre survives well — thank you, Mother!
“Gracias Madre” means, essentially, “Thank you, Mother Earth.” The food here is...
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Lotus SF — Classic North Indian Fare
Lotus SF has barely been open six weeks, but its look so intrigued me, I had to check it out. It...
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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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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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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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