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306 Broderick (at Oak) San Francisco, CA 94117

415-437-0303

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Best New Restaurant
Award Winner 2009

Cuisine(s): Mexican

Hours: Daily 11:30am-10pm

Price: $$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash
Attire: Casual

Features: Catering, Kid Friendly, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: Beer/Wine
Reservations: Not Accepted, Call-Ahead Seating Available

Parking: Lot Available

Description

Gonzalo Guzman and Jose Ramos, the two co-chefs of Nopalito, are among San Francisco's best cooks. Their dishes plumb areas of Mexican regional cuisine many Americans only know from reading Diana Kennedy books; but they're not slavish to traditions, incorporating California produce and sustainable meats and billowing flares of creativity. The masa-based antojitos - quesadillas made with chile-red masa and stuffed with braised chicharrones, panuchos topped with achiote-braised chicken - are uniformly good. The carnitas are unusually succulent, and the aguas frescas are tart and brightly flavored. Rare tequilas and mezcals may be ordered by the shot, with sangrita or salt on the side.

2009 | Best New Restaurant

Brought to you by the swell folks at the popularMediterranean-themed Nopa, Nopalito has colonized a large room and anadjacent enclosed patio in Falletti's Plaza, the foodie enclave tuckedbetween Oak and Fell on Broderick. It serves traditional Mexican food,including such succulent long-cooked dishes as birria de chivo (goatstew), mole poblano (a dark, rich, multi-ingredient sauce, here servedover poached chicken), and pozole roja (a soupy stew featuring hominyand stewed pork... More »

Nopalito Brunch Recycles Dinner Favorites

By Olivia Ware | Fri, January 27, 2012

Nopalito's famous carnitas -- pork braised in milk and beer with cinnamon -- put them on the S.F. dining map, and those pleasantly tart, bright margaritas keep us coming back. On that note, there's go... More »
Q&A With Nopalito's Gonzalo Guzman and Jose Ramos, Part 1: Everything From Scratch

By Alanna Hale | Mon, November 21, 2011

Gonzalo Guzman and Jose Ramos, co-chefs of Nopalito, both grew up in Mexico -- in Veracruz and Guanajuato, respectively -- but ended up as cooks in San Francisco through very different paths. Before w... More »
Kauffman's Five: This Week in Food Bloggery

By Jonathan Kauffman | Fri, July 23, 2010

My favorite bites from the blogs and beyond this week: 1. Bite o' the week I was going to say my favorite non-review dish of the week was the alcachofas a la plancha at Esperpento, which I was relieve... More »
Nopalito's Agave-Steeped Cocktail Program Goes Live Today

By Lou Bustamante | Mon, May 10, 2010

Starting today, Nopalito is officially opening the bar, allowing diners to sip a margarita along with the mole poblano. The cocktail and spirits program is designed and run by Nopa bar manager Neyah ... More »
What to Eat on Cinco de Mayo: The 9 Best Local Mexican Dishes

By John Birdsall, SFoodie Editor | Wed, May 5, 2010

Cinco de Mayo, the day even fishbelly-pale Irish guys crave two-buck Tecates exactly like mom used to make. As a tribute and a guide to some of the best Mexican dishes in San Francisco (and slightly b... More »
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Main Menu

Nopalito (Noh-Pah-Lee-Toe) Noun
1 a Slice of Nopal (Cactus Leaf), Used In Mexican Cooking 2 : a San Francisco Restaurant Serving Traditional Mexican Cuisine

$6.00

Totopos Con Chile
tortilla chips, salsa de arbol, cotija cheese, crema and lime

$5.00

Taquitos De Papas a La Mexicana
crispy rolled tortillas, potato, onion, jalapeño, tomato, guacamole, queso fresco, crema and salsa de cilantro

$4.50

Panucho De Pollo Al Pibil
black bean stuffed tortilla, citrus-achiote chicken, cabbage, pickled red onion and salsa habanera

$4.50

Gordita De Picadillo
fried tortilla pocket, grass-fed beef, potatoes, carrots, refried pinquito beans, queso fresco and salsa de venas

$4.50

Tostada Con Tinga De Pollo
crispy tortilla, pinquito beans, shredded chicken, tomato, chipotle chile, epazote, cabbage, crema and avocado

$4.75

Taco De Pescado Al Pastor
seared fish in ancho chile adobo, orange, onion, cilantro and salsa de morita y tomatillo

$5.00

Tamal De Mole Verde Con Hongos
corn masa, sauce of pumpkin seeds, spinach and tomatillo mushroom, green beans, cilantro and queso fresco

$6.00

Empanada Con Deshebrada De Res
fried masa pastry, grass-fed beef, tomato, jalapeño, cabbage, avocado, queso fresco and salsa frita de guajillo

$9.00

Quesadilla Con Flor De Calabaza
corn tortilla, squash blossoms, zucchini, jack cheese, queso fresco, cilantro and salsa de tomatillo y chile puya

$9.00

Quesadilla Roja Con Chicharrón
mulato chile-corn tortilla, crispy pork belly, salsa guajillo, jack cheese, queso fresco, onion and cilantro

$10.00

Ceviche Verde De Pescado Y Calamare
marinated rock cod, calamari, lime, tomatillo, jalapeño, cilantro, avocado and tortilla chips

$6.00
Additional Sides of Salsa Or Crema $0.50

Pepinos Con Chile Y Limón
salad of cucumber, radishes, pickled onion, lime and chile

$10.00

Caldo Tlalpeño
chicken consommé, carrots, summer squash, cauliflower, avocado, garbanzos, queso fresco and chipotle adobado

$11.00

Pozole Rojo
stew of pork shoulder, hominy, cabbage, radish, ancho chile lime, onion, oregano and tortilla chips

$15.00

Carnitas
braised pork, orange, bay leaf, milk, cinnamon and beer cabbage salad, pickled jalapeño and salsa de tomatillo

$15.00

Bacalao Fresco Estilo Toluca
stewed lingcod, tomato, green olives, capers, basil, cilantro, onion, pickled jalapeño and rice

$13.00

Albóndigas Al Chilmole
grass-fed beef meatballs, charred dried chiles, epazote, cumin, tomatillo, garlic, pickled red onion, egg and rice

$14.00

Mole Poblano Con Pollo
sauce of toasted chiles, chocolate, cinnamon, nuts, sesame seeds, onions, seared chicken breast and rice

$15.00

Carne Asada Con Nopales
seared skirt steak, cactus, onions, black beans, queso fresco and salsa de pasilla negro y tomatillo

$14.00

Enchiladas Potosinas De Camaron
seared guajillo chile-corn tortillas, shrimp, tomato, jalapeño, cabbage, radish, onion, black beans, queso fresco, crema and salsa escabeche de jalapeño

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Nopalito

306 Broderick (at Oak) San Francisco, CA 94117

415-437-0303

Description

2009 | Best New Restaurant

By Olivia Ware | Fri, January 27, 2012

By Alanna Hale | Mon, November 21, 2011

By Jonathan Kauffman | Fri, July 23, 2010

By Lou Bustamante | Mon, May 10, 2010

By John Birdsall, SFoodie Editor | Wed, May 5, 2010