Best burrito in the Mission?
I recently had an amazing burrito at Taqueria San Francisco and I was wondering where else is there a great place to get the authentic Mission style burrito experience? I'm from the mid peninsula so I go up there to see some friends and we usually end up going to the usual spots. It's time to switch it up a little!
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re: Smitty1964
El Castillito and CanCun mentioned above are my favorites... and you can't beat the prices either. Though I am anxious to try some of the others mentioned - I never get around to it because I like these so much...
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Llamalicious
May 2, 2012 09:27 PM
Thank you all for the awesome ideas! I tend to lean towards al pastor. I do have some local mid peninsula favorites like El Nayarta. Thank you for the links.
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Assuming Taqueria SF is La Taqueria, your search is done. No need to go any further. That is simply the best in SF.
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re: mick
La Taqueria and Taqueria SF are not one in the same. TSF is on 24th and York. (Interestingly, when you google "taqueria sf" you get the yelp/gmaps etc links to La Taqueria).
Its been a good long while, but one thing Taq. SF did well that is hardly typical of mission burrito spots was a chile relleno burrito. not exactly health food or anything, but a cheesy, chile-ey taste explosion (though structurally pretty sound - only a metaphorical explosion really).
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re: tex.s.toast
tex.. thanks, love chile rellon's, difficult to find a really good one. Years ago there was a place in Puerto Vallarata that served only Chile Rellon's and some type of wicked alcohol drink. Best Chile Rellon'[s ever, the magic alcohol may have helped. Anyway, will stop by Taqueria SF and see if therew still doing that CR burrito
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Atomica
Apr 30, 2012 08:55 PM
There is a nice series of shorts on Mission Local, interviewing Mission chefs on where they like to eat, and the head chef from Esperpento loves Taqueria San Francisco. I just watched this first a couple of days ago. http://missionlocal.org/2011/02/the-b...
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it depends what kind of burrito you get; for example, i love taqueria cancun because i always get carne asada, but my friend who prefers chicken loves guadalajara, but i find their carne asada not very good. i can't stand farolito, but it's mostly the (low-quality and over-salted) meat, my vegetarian friends love it.
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Why travel to the Mission if you live in the mid penn? There's plenty of great places in Redwood City, downtown San Mateo, Mountain View.
In downtown San Mateo there's a couple of places that had original branches in the Mission (still do) like La Cumbre and Pancho Villa. There's probably 10 more in the downtown area.
Redwood City has a bunch. Sushi Monster (a CH) has a list: http://emeraldlake.com/tacos/
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Robert Lauriston
Apr 30, 2012 12:04 PM
Depending on where you live on the Peninsula, you might want to check out Redwood City's Mexican neighborhoods as well.
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You'll turn up plenty of recent discussions if you search for "burrito" or "best burrito." Some exhaustive analyses from outside of Chowhound:
http://www.burritoeater.com/taquerias.php?order=omr
http://www.burritophile.com/directory...
