La Santaneca de la Mission Review

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La Santaneca de la Mission

  • Address: 2815 Mission St., Mission, San Francisco, CA | Map It
  • Phone: 415/285-2131

Fodor's Review:

Lots of El Salvadorans live in the Mission, and here they find the pupusa, a stuffed cornmeal round that is more or less the hamburger of their homeland. It usually comes filled with beans, cheese, or meat—sometimes in combination—and is eaten with seasoned shredded cabbage. The kitchen at this friendly, family-run place also makes the more unusual rice-flour pupusa, as well as other dishes popular in Central America, including fried plantains, tamales filled with chicken or pork, chicharrones (fried pork skins), and yucca. Accompany your meal with horchata, a cooling rice-based drink flavored with cinnamon.

  • Credit Cards: MC, V

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