Mission District aka: The Mission

In a city that’s good for eats, this is the place to come for eats in San Francisco. Authentic Indian, Mexican and Chinese within a few blocks of each other.

if their is spot in san francisco where the sun actually shines the mission district is it. great palces to go .places to be.places to see…

My wife and I spent nearly a week on Valencia Street, right next to the “New Yorker”. And we got to meet Dave Eggers.

There are great restaurants here, like Poncho Villa, but on the down side, some side streets are poorly lit and full of junkies.

eat the burritos. just do it.

The food. SO many great places to eat, it’s almost not funny. I should create entries for all of them as I can. My sis used to live just off of Cesar Chavez down from Valencia a bit so I got to know the Mission reasonably well, and I always loved it.

Travellers, versus tourists? Tourists don’t like the stink, the crowds, the prostitutes and homeless people, the noise and the people standing around in very suspicious ways. They are afraid of the police presence, the graffiti, the barrage of other languages being spoken. They would never dare set foot in the hole-in-the-wall restaurants.

Travellers dig the huge variety of food (as Mazi said, everything from expensive to “on a dime” food), the thrift and used book stores, the bars, the life in this neighborhood.

I always suggest to anyone visiting this city, who has even a modicum of adventure in their spirits, to come to the Mission. It’s a special place, and it’s worth an afternoon and/or evening of your time.

From the best bums selling 1980’s video tapes on the street to the hippest bars and expensive restaurants and the best burritos in northern California. The streets may be a little dirty, but there is something for everyone to enjoy here if you open yourself just a bit.