Oaxaca

Unmasking the Anarchists: Occupy Oakland Returns

Fresh Eats: Drink of the Week: Prizefighter's Oaxacan Standoff

At Prizefighter, Oaxacan Standoffs Always End Deliciously

Lou BustamanteThe Oaxacan Standoff--a bar value meal​A shot and a beer isn't an obvious pairing to highlight bartender creativity in a cocktail menu (and no we're never ever, ever going to count a drink where a shot glass gets dropped into a pint of beer), but the Oaxacan Standoff ($6) at Prizefi ... More >>

Rancho Gordo Partners Up with Diana Kennedy to Import Rare Oaxacan Chiles

Workman BooksSteve Sando of Rancho Gordo.​Steve Sando, Rancho Gordo founder and author of Heirloom Beans, just returned from a two-week road trip around Mexico with legendary cookbook author Diana Kennedy and Gael Garcia Bernal's mother, a telenovela star. They were hunting for rare Oaxacan chiles ... More >>

Tequila Bar Mosto Opens Tonight

Tyler Gourley​After a few foiled attempts by PG&E, the Mexico City styled tequila bar Mosto officially opens tonight, reports the crew from Tacolicious, which is also opening next door. The bar may be a demure 700 square feet, but it boasts over 326 different bottles of tequila, mezcal, and ... More >>

Bug Me: San Francisco Helps Pioneer Insect Cuisine

Tyler Gourley​After a few foiled attempts by PG&E, the Mexico City styled tequila bar Mosto officially opens tonight, reports the crew from Tacolicious, which is also opening next door. The bar may be a demure 700 square feet, but it boasts over 326 different bottles of tequila, mezcal, and ... More >>

Beige Not Invited

Tyler Gourley​After a few foiled attempts by PG&E, the Mexico City styled tequila bar Mosto officially opens tonight, reports the crew from Tacolicious, which is also opening next door. The bar may be a demure 700 square feet, but it boasts over 326 different bottles of tequila, mezcal, and ... More >>

Fresh Eats

Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

Annual Mole to Die For Contest Invites Guests to Taste, Weigh In

SF WeeklyJust a taste, now.​The Mole to Die For contest and tasting returns Wednesday to the Mission Cultural Center. Note the word "tasting": If you show up you'll be able to sample ― but not fill up on ― the complex sauce of many spices enshrined in Oaxaca. (A previous contest was the s ... More >>

Grinding Justice: Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesnít Work

SF WeeklyJust a taste, now.​The Mole to Die For contest and tasting returns Wednesday to the Mission Cultural Center. Note the word "tasting": If you show up you'll be able to sample ― but not fill up on ― the complex sauce of many spices enshrined in Oaxaca. (A previous contest was the s ... More >>

Papito Esta Abriendo, Viva Goa Lives!, Plum Ripens

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.At Inside Scoop, Paolo L. reports that Papito (317 Connecticut, 695-0147, www.papitosf.com) should finally open on Friday for dinner. And although Papito comes from Chez Papa owner Jocelyn Bu ... More >>

Pop Review: A Taste of Oaxaca on Mission

Janine Kahn Tucked among the Mission's rampant taquerias, it's possible to find authentic regional Mexican food. An appealing new spot advertises its roots in its name: La Oaxaquena. Its tidy storefront, with tiny blue formica-topped tables and wooden chairs -- there are a few more seats perc ... More >>

Top Ten Food Trends Time

By Meredith BrodyIt's that time of the year again, the time we make lists of the best movies, books, meals of the past twelve months - even though, in this Annus pretty much Horribilis, to quote Queen Elizabeth for pretty much the first time in my life, you might not be so much in the mood for looki ... More >>

Secret Places

A few modest ethnic eateries that are worth checking out.

Last Night: Beirut at the Grand

A few modest ethnic eateries that are worth checking out.

Building Racism

Segregation and racism are used to pit black and Latino carpenters against each other at a low-income-housing site

Art House

Segregation and racism are used to pit black and Latino carpenters against each other at a low-income-housing site

Working-Class Struggle

Three housekeepers and a day laborer take action against deadbeat employers who abuse immigrants

Big Sad Men

Three housekeepers and a day laborer take action against deadbeat employers who abuse immigrants

Nothing Insignificant

Three housekeepers and a day laborer take action against deadbeat employers who abuse immigrants

Messing Around with Salvia

Three housekeepers and a day laborer take action against deadbeat employers who abuse immigrants

Repertory Film Listings

Three housekeepers and a day laborer take action against deadbeat employers who abuse immigrants

Repertory Film Listings

Three housekeepers and a day laborer take action against deadbeat employers who abuse immigrants

Letters to the Editor

Week of 1-17-2007

Repertory Film Listings

Week of 1-17-2007

Repertory Film Listings

Week of 1-17-2007

Repertory Film Listings

Week of 1-17-2007

Din With Dinner

Visiting the same place two nights in a row finds two different restaurants: one deserted and calm, the other crowded and riotous

Altered Mindstates

Dog Bites trips out over the Mindstates global psychedelic convention

Apathy to the Rescue

How to make the undecideds break for Kerry? Threaten to turn off Survivor and Friends reruns.

Mexican Magic

A show full of dream states, animal spirits, and fantastical realism

Crazy for Christmas

Tired of a traditional holiday? Try opening presents with an elephant or playing a game of Ba-Da-Bingo!

Holiday Highlights 2001

Holiday Event Lisitngs

Uno, Dos, Tres, Cuatro...

El Vez, aka the Mexican Elvis; Cinco de Mayo

Ready or Not

This year's documentaries

Chasing Amey

This year's documentaries

The Real "Fresh Mex"

This year's documentaries

Night+Day

This year's documentaries

Night+Day

This year's documentaries