Chow Lists

• 1. Altena Taqueria

  2588 Mission St, San Francisco, CA

  The al pastor is on a spit. The guacamole and the grilled chicken burrito with avocado might be worth checking out. Skip anything with cheese which is the American variety.

• 2. El Castillito

  2092 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  The tortillas are grilled. Good veggie burrito. The al pastor is from a spit. There is a decent salsa bar. Maybe not the best burrito in town but inexpensive and it is open late.

• 3. El Faro Restaurant

  2399 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  The Mission burrito originated here in the 60s (extra-large steamed flour tortilla filled with refried beans (in lard), rice, steam table meat, salsa

• 4. El Gran Taco Loco

  3306 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  Overlooked and pretty good. Their veggie burrito is delicious. The al pastor is killer, as is the chicken

• 5. El Metate Restaurant

  2406 Bryant St, San Francisco, CA

  Baja style fish tacos have rice in them, great quesadillas, including veggie quesadillas.

• 6. El Taco Loco 2

  3274 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  Great lengua & al pastor tacos tho the pastor isn't cut from the spit, Burritos are pretty good. Caldo de pollo is surprisingly tasty, as is their birria. The green salsa is awesome. It has a little avocado pureed in and it's really spicy.

• 7. El Tonayense

  3150 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  Great tacos, carnitas and al pastor are both excellent. They have a salsa bar with a different style of salsa verde

• 8. El Toro Taqueria

  598 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  Same menu and owner as Pancho Villa. Recommended carne asada, carnitas, grilled shrimp. Good agua frescas. Nice vegetarian options. Order a side of grilled onions.

• 9. El Zocalo

  3230 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  Good carne asada super burrito. Known for pupusas

• 10. Farolito Taqueria

  2779 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  The standard used to judge other burritos. Farolito grills every tortilla. Great salsa verde, excellent veggie burritos with 1/2 avocado. Carne Asada, Grilled chicken and Al Pastor is all very good. Good value-for-money agua frescas

• 11. Farolito Taqueria

  2950 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  The standard used to judge other burritos. Farolito grills every tortilla. Great salsa verde, excellent veggie burritos with 1/2 avocado. Carne Asada, Grilled chicken and Al Pastor is all very good. Good value-for-money agua frescas

• 12. La Corneta Taqueria

  2731 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  The specialty is the taco with pollo en salsa verde. Carnitas, while not crispy, are good. Also good is tongue. Many vegetarian and seafood options. Skip the shrimp. Live guitar on some weekends

• 13. La Cumbre Taqueria

  515 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  The carne asada isn't what it was and only good if it's grilled fresh. The pollo asada has a very nice marinade pollo asada and is very good to excellent. The quesadilla is ok. Anything else - avoid.

• 14. La Parrilla Grill - Folsom

  2801 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA

  They specialize in grilled chicken, so I come here only for the grilled chicken burritos, that are range from pretty good to excellent

• 15. La Taqueria

  2889 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  Very good, larger than average, stewed chicken tacos. Also good: carnitas and chorizo. The grilled (not steamed) burritos are served without rice and they don't overload with guacamole or crema making it a good traveling burrito. Good agua frescas

• 16. La Taqueria Guadalajara

  3146 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  Exceptional cartinas, Great Prawns. Good quesadillas, pollo asada, alambres Huge grilled tortilla burritos with slices of avocado. Get chips at La Palma for the salsa bar.Chips here are bagged and taste it. Beware inncendiary orange habanero salsa

• 17. Pancho Villa

  3071 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103

  Recommended carne asada, carnitas, grilled shrimp. Good agua frescas. Nice vegetarian options. Order a side of grilled onions. Pancho Villa is a San Francisco institution and has great great salsa.

• 18. Papalote Mexican Grill

  3409 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  Good for vegetarians. Beans not made with lard but are still very good.. Good grilled veggie burritos & soyrizo is better than some chorizo. Salsa is smoky. Prawn burritos have big, somewhat charred prawns. Fresh, consistent less traditional, upscale & ge

• 19. Taco Los Altos

  737 Cortland Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110

  Possible uphill report. It remodeled and there are crowds.

• 20. Taqueria Cancun

  2288 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  Excellent veggie burritos & good salsa verde, Al pastor, quesadilla suiza, cebolitas are good. Burritos don't travel well due to the toasted tortilla which don't do well under foil for 5-10 minutes. It's best to eat there One downhill report, tho

• 21. Taqueria San Francisco

  2794 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  Great veggie burritos, depending on who makes them, they should include an entire half-avocado. Chille relleno is cheesy heaven. Also good: al pastor burrito, chorizo burrito.

• 22. Taqueria San Jose

  2830 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  They're the kings of al pastor and it's better in a taco. Also good - chorizo tacos. The aguas there are great and the green salsa is very good.

• 23. Taqueria Vallarta

  3033 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  Open very late, taco stall in front is good for carne asada and buche, among others. Ask for grilled onions. Nice variety of salsas.

• 24. El Cachanilla

  2948 21st St, San Francisco, CA 94110

  The tacos are the star here. Good for less common cuts such as ojos, sesos and tripas. The lengua is a stand-out. Skip the al pastor, burritos and horchata. There is a large selection of salsas and condiments. <BR><BR>This is mainly a walk-up window. After picking up orders at the window take food inside at the bar or sit at the sidewalk tables.

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