Mexican Food and Cooking

With Stefano Restaurant, Guatemalan Pizza Becomes a New Anti-Fusion Meme in San Francisco

Does Money Have Flavor? Find out at Taste of Microfinance

​Taste of MicrofinanceWhen: Sept. 27, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.Where: Yerba Buena Center for the ArtsCost: $40 in advance, $50 at the door Some people call money "bread" or "cheddar," but you can do better than a cheese sandwich at the Taste of Microfinance. Opportunity Fund claims be the largest microl ... More >>

Where Did Crispy Tacos Come From?

Joy of Cooking's first taco recipe (1964).​While researching this week's review of Tacko, the Nantucket-themed taco shop in the Marina, I started asking around to find out the history of the anglo taco. Now, Nick Fasanella's crispy tacos have far more complex, Mexican-inspired flavors than the rec ... More >>

¡Viva San Francisco! with CUESA and La Cocina

Hecho en San Francisco​Where: CUESA Kitchen at the Ferry Building (in front near Gott's formerly Taylor's Refresher)When: Thurs., May 5, 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.Cost: $50 online The rundown: Cinco de Mayo is an easy holiday to handle -- it requires nothing more than hanging out with friends and indulgi ... More >>

SFoodie Advent Calendar, Day 15: Sweet Tamales from La Espiga de Oro

John BirdsallCorn tamales from La Spiga de Oro, $14 per dozen.​The SFoodie Advent Calendar counts down the days before Christmas/Nondenominationalwinterholiday, one treat at a time. When I was a chef in Chicago I worked with a prep cook we called Juancito, a sweet guy from Michoacan who'd sli ... More >>

Vegan Pumpkin Tamale at Papalote

Tamara PalmerVegan pumpkin tamale, $3.95.​Friday, November 5, 2010 While the menu at Papalote is as meat-centric as any other burrito place, the restaurant does periodically bring out some vegan specials. One example is the vegan adobo burrito that gets unleashed during occasional "Mexi-Pino" ... More >>

Carnitas Taco at El Rancho Grande

John BirdsallCarnitas (left, $2.55) and fish tacos ($3.55).​Friday, August 27, 2010 John Birdsall​Maybe the best thing about this month-old, hyper-yellow taqueria is that its carved out a place on an otherwise under-taco'd stretch of Divis. It's the kind of relentlessly well-lit place y ... More >>

Fresh Eats: Urban winery in Dogpatch, Farm:Table is small but beautiful

John BirdsallCarnitas (left, $2.55) and fish tacos ($3.55).​Friday, August 27, 2010 John Birdsall​Maybe the best thing about this month-old, hyper-yellow taqueria is that its carved out a place on an otherwise under-taco'd stretch of Divis. It's the kind of relentlessly well-lit place y ... More >>

Cafe Reverie's Pozole Verde

Cafe Reverie's pozole verde: Bring your own radishes.​When we need to escape the pull of the Internet, SFoodie occasionally works at Cole Valley's wifi-free Cafe Reverie, a friendly place with comfortable seats, beer as well as coffee, and an ever-so-slightly gourmetified menu of sandwiches, burge ... More >>

The Two Oldest Burritos in San Francisco

tomcensani/FlickrTaqueria La Cumbre: Forty years of burritos.​ Part of a series on restaurants that have been around so long they've slipped into a media black hole.There are two restaurants in San Francisco with legitimate claims to being the inventor of the Mission-style burrito ― which can be ... More >>

Taqueria San Francisco: Worth a Trek Down the Taco Trail

Phillie Casablanca/FlickrA satisfyingly plush tube.​Taqueria San Francisco sits at the end of what we think of as the Taco Trail ― the bustling, masa-and-beans-fraught stretch of 24th Street between Mission and Potrero. Fording the array of enticing offerings to find one's meaty match is a ... More >>

Corporate Insider: Your SFoodie Lunch Planner

J. BirdsallBetter than a turkey sandwich. Always.​Tues., March 23, 2010 Do not go to Whole Foods to buy pozole. But say it's lunchtime, and you find yourself in the SOMA store, facing the deli wall of murky soups in their plastic containers. In that case, the chicken pozole is a find: toothy ... More >>

Octopus Tostada from Mariscos La Costa

gwen/FlickrAll the tostadas are pretty much a delight, though we're particularly fond of the pulpo.​As a daily windup to the Weekly's Best of S.F. 2010 on May 19, we've teased out 92 of our favorite local dishes that taste like here. All the tasty details after the jump.

Street Tacos to Eat on the Street: Your SFoodie Lunch Planner

Jimmy L./YelpFast food: Taqueria Vallarta's taco cart.​Tues., Feb. 16, 2010There's a standard kitchen-burrito line at the back of Taqueria Vallarta, a broad, comfortable restaurant on 24th Street. But some days a burrito or plate of chiles rellenos is too much lunch. Those are the days when you pa ... More >>

SFoodie's 92: Tamales from All-Star

​ As a windup to the Weekly's Best of S.F. 2010 on May 19, we've teased out 92 of our favorite local dishes that taste like here, a different one each day. Tweet your own nominations ― extra points for pics ― to @SFoodie.

Gracias Madre Opening Pushed Back to Late December

​Long before Cortez and his killers rolled through Tenochtitlan ― with pigs as well as galleons and guns, history says ― the Aztecs lunched on tamales. As early as 8000 B.C., masa slugs in various guises were portable food as early as 8000 B.C., capable of supporting large armies as well a ... More >>

Local Frequency: Bay Area Band Q&A w/ Zodiac Death Valley

​ Zodiac Death Valley is a psychedelic rock band with dark, sailor-esque songs about women, whiskey, and drugs that channels the old Barbary Coast heyday. Live, the group's raucous lyrics and in your face behavior makes for an unapologetic good time. ZDV is currently working on its first full le ... More >>

Hot Meal: Authentic Antojitos at Chilango in the Castro

J. BirdsallPozole, topped with a julienne of radish and finely shaved cabbage.​Chilango opened a week ago, in the old Azteca Taqueria on Church in the Castro. Where you could once score a gut-busting burrito of middling quality, chef Roberto Aguiar Cruz is putting together Mexican street-food ... More >>

Positively 24th Street: BART Station Tamales Prove Quietly Satisfying

jkahn/FlickrA Tamale Lady tamale at Zeitgeist.​It's 2002, and you're just pounding foamers at the 'Geist. You've been living in San Francisco for a month. A lady in a wool cap comes out to the patio, pushing a wheeled cooler, hawking tamales. How sweet is this, you think -- not just because you're ... More >>

El Mundo de Mando: A Texas Taco Blogger's Crawl Through the Mission

Mando Rayo The holy trinity at Taqueria Pancho Villa.Austin, Tex., taco blogger Mando Rayo (aka El Mundo de Mando of TacoJournalism) was in Cali this week, getting his first-ever taste of S.F. flavor. How did the Mission stack up to taco culture in Central Texas? Read on, homie. Ahh, San Fra ... More >>

Protest of the Forced Closure of a Mexican Restaurant in Mission Today

Francisco BarradasCLG Thai Cafe was evicted so fast they apparently didn't have time to take down its sign. The Mexican restaurant that took its place is now following them out the door. Sounds like it's time for another protest in the Mission.Mission hipsters against gentrification of the Mission h ... More >>

Secret Places

A few modest ethnic eateries that are worth checking out.

State of the Cart Sidebar: El Huarache Loco

A few modest ethnic eateries that are worth checking out.

Map to the Carts

A few modest ethnic eateries that are worth checking out.

State of the Cart

Join us as we map the street food scene and find out why there aren't more vendors in this most food-involved and temperate of cities.

Score!!!

Former pro soccer players from Latin America help the Farolito team dominate an amateur league.

Mo-lay!

Former pro soccer players from Latin America help the Farolito team dominate an amateur league.

Mexico DF Dominates

The wonderful food trumps everything else at Mexico DF

Seconds

Sometimes it takes two visits -- or two helpings -- to satisfy our needs

Best Tamales

Primavera

Best Breakfast for a Tequila Hangover

Taqueria Can-Cun

Pig Heaven

Some costly meals during an East Coast trip remind us that good things often come in inexpensive packages

Best Fish Tacos

El Balazito

Best Tamales

La Gallinita Mexicatessen

Burritoless Bliss

Chava's

Masterful Masa

La Quinta

Best Yuca

La Santaneca

On a Mission

Mission burritos

Best Gut-Busting Burrito

Taqueria La Cumbre

Best Burrito

El Farolito

Mexican Resort

El Farolito

Industry: One Haute Sauce

El Farolito

The Real "Fresh Mex"

El Farolito

Caddy Shack

El Farolito

Dish

El Farolito

Dish

El Farolito

In a Sweat for Green Chile

While Leticia's pulls in a margarita-swigging crowd, it's Pozole that fills the bill for regional Mexican specialties

Last Tango on Haight

Cha Cha Cha welcomes one and all with spicy tapas and kitschy decor

Globetrotting Southwest

Abiquiu melds international ingredients and Mexican standards with sensational results