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The new home of this traditional plato parlor, if still in the heart of the Mission, is worlds away from the quiet, noncommercial neighborhood it used to occupy before a fire shut it down. Fortunately, the plates are still enormous, the food still wonderful, and the service, as before, a treat in itself - though you have to ask that your food be spicy. Now serving beer and wine. No desserts.
For this week's review, I stuck to the Poblano regional side of the menu at La Torta Gorda, which is mainly known for its sandwiches. Other than the defunct S.F. branch of Cocina Poblana (there are st... More »
Last July, when a fire closed Chava's, a home-style Mexican restaurant at 18th Street and Shotwell, its clientele of Latino families and in-the-know gringo bohos all but went into mourning. The place was community. Weekends had become a scene of... More »
There are dozens of taquerias littering the Mission District that are ideal for quick, inexpensive snacks. But if you'd like to sit down in comfort for a while and enjoy a real meal ordered from a server rather than at a counter -- perhaps a plate of delicious pork carnitas, cheesy chile rellenos, or (on the weekends) big, restorative bowls of menudo (stewed tripe redolent of chiles) or birria (stew made from mutton or goat) -- Chava's, now relocated to Mission from 18th Street, is your... More »
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