Taqueria San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
| Overall Score based on 8 reviews |
7.3 recommended |
Editorial Reviews (1)
Dan's Score: 8.5 / 10 full review...
Some people would say that it's pretty egotistical to name your taqueria after a city that's known as the top burrito spot in the world. If you're gonna proclaim that kind of greatness, you really should be able to back it up. I'm happy to say that Taqueria San Francisco does that, and more.
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Score: 2 / 10 Reviewed by: rebelprince
FAKE CHEESE WARNING!!! i went here to get nachos because of the extremely high editorial score and was very, very sad when i opened them and saw movie theater cheese all over them. i mean, come on. i have serious doubts about how good the burritos could be at a place that considers liquid cheese something that's acceptable to serve to customers. i'll give them a two because they had real avocado slices, but perhaps that only makes it worse, since it's pretty sacrilegious to contaminate an avocado with fake cheese.
Score: 5.5 / 10 Reviewed by: fancyfeast
I will agree with most of what is said about this taqueria, the burritos are perfectly constructed. Unfortunately there is one all encompasing problem that keeps me from coming back here - the salsa is horrible. Sour and stale tasting, it completely ruins everything that is great about the burritos here. I've been back a few times just to make sure it was a bad batch, but no. I really wanted to like this place but with most taquerias in the mission having extremely excellent salsa bars these days, I can't recommend it.
Score: 9 / 10 Reviewed by: mrgn
Carne Asada Super Burrito
Full disclosure: I read all about this spot on B.E. and this page. So the hype meter pegged deep into the red as we made our way up to the Mission for a show at the Make-out Club a couple of nights ago. And boy howdy, this notoriously heavy hitter came through in a big way.
The burrito came to the table thinner than the ones I had been dreaming about. Maybe they are trimming down for the upcoming World Cup? I was immediately impressed by how tight they wrapped the foil around the burrito. Like no wrinkles. It was sort of like this beautiful cylindrical mirror, reflecting back an image of me distorted by desire and hunger.
Inside this gigantic silver bullet casing was perfectly proportioned rice and beans, thick chunks of ripe avocado and weapons-grade carne. Oh, the carne asada; seasoned to the hilt, slightly charred edges and juicy insides and a heaping heap of the good stuff.
Yummers.
Score: 5 / 10 Reviewed by: sfmission
I completely disagree with the other reviewers. I got the Super Chicken Burrito. It was greasy and soggy and WAY to salty. I was incredibly disappointed having read the other reviews on here. The chicken didnt have any flavor.....it was if they just boiled the chicken and didn't even spice it at all.
The burrito was big at least and the salsa was fresh and flavorful.
One other thing that was bad about the place was that the same guy who took my money was the guy who put chips with his bare hands into the chips basket. Gross.
Score: 10 / 10 Reviewed by: nectarine (Los Angeles, CA)
I like to describe myself as being on an eternal quest for the perfect super-black-bean-carnitas-burrito. Well, the quest has ended. The only thing a similarly obsessed carnitas lover might find to critique about this burrito is if you have a preference for a certain kind of carnitas. The kind here is in large chunks, you can see the stringiness of the meat in each chunk. Maybe some people prefer carnitas in small crispy chopped cubes, but these piece-y chunks were fine by me. After I had just had my disturbing antiseptically clean, aesthetically-presented Papalote experience, I was relieved to see my burrito being prepared in an atmosphere where everyone was speaking Spanish, and the TV was on with American football, and some guys were just hanging out watching it, not even dining there. This is the vibe in which great burritos are made.
The guy who made the burrito put the tortilla on the grill, threw some cheese on there, then when he was making the burrito I noted he didn’t go overboard with the rice. He threw on two kinds of salsa, and slopped on some sour cream. He chopped up a real avocado. When they gave me the burrito, they gave me chips (which I don’t care about, I’m not into chips, though they were good), and gave me one little container of pico de gallo salsa, and another of guacamole. I knew I was going to love my burrito when I saw that. They care enough about the customer to give you those condiments. The guacamole turned out to be nicely spicy, with visible chunks of onion, cilantro and avocado.
It's the kind of burrito where at the first bite, when your mouth pierces the tortilla, releasing the vapors of all the ingredients mixed together, you already know you're on to something wonderful before anything actually hits your tongue. The burrito had excellent integration. In each bite there was avocado and sour cream. They didn’t overdo it on the rice, and the delicious carnitas was present through out. On my way out I saw the cashier turn around and start chopping onions. My kind of place!
Score: 9 / 10 Reviewed by: jdasf
Is this really on here?! Taqueria San Francisco is a great burrito place! Cheap and good! I lived about 4 blocks from this place for about 5 months and I ate here at least once a week. My roommate and I loved the burritos and the nachos (piled on with ground beef and jalapenos). I have had every one of their burritos and my favorite is the beef burrito, super of course.
My score is only a 9 because my favorite burrito shop was in Lower Haight, but it is now closed. They made a tuna burrito that was UNREAL! I can't even tell you. But, lets just say I moved from the Mission (24 and Portrero) to the Filmore area (Fulton and Steiner) and I made the long trip on the BUS (9) to my old neighborhood for a burrito.
Check it out!
Score: 9 / 10 Reviewed by: jacksonwest
I may be biased, because I've lived within four blocks of this establishment ever since I moved to San Francisco, which means that it gets double-bonus-points for being within stumbling distance from my house. However, it loses points for not being open as late as either of the Farolitos on 24th (generally closes by 10 on weeknights, open until midnight Friday and Saturday).
That said, the burritos are cheap (super for $5.25 with tax) and very, very tasty. Lots of meat (the carne asada is better than the carnitas, but I love the chorizo burritos, too), choice of refried beans or otherwise, and fresh crema (not sour cream, but crema). 'Everything' means they throw in their incredibly spicy pico de gallo and cilantro.
Of course, all the standards are there -- aguas frescas, beers, a TV almost always turned to soccer, baseball or news, locals relaxing, families eating after church. The staff is incredibly friendly, and at the risk of revealing too much, somebody has left an unsecured WiFi access point open -- you can even charge up, as there are two tables with AC sockets underneath. Not to mention a laundromat across the street.
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