Houses, Lower Haight

Mission Eats

At Taqueria Cancun on Mission and 19th you can sit at a picnic table beneath the papel picado and enjoy a carne asada (grilled beef) super taco with onions, cilantro, salsa, cheese, avocado and sour cream, plus tortilla chips with two kinds of salsa and a fresh cantaloupe agua fresca, all for only five bucks.

Or for six bucks you could sit at the little counter at the hole-in-the-wall Yamo on 18th and dig into a Burmese tea leaf salad.

Or for a ten dollar treat there is the Peruvian Limon Rotisserie on South Van Ness where you can get a delicious half-chicken with three dipping sauces, yuca fries and a salad.

Now for something sweet there's Knead Patisserie on 24th at the back of Local: Mission Eatery where you can bite into the popular pomme d' amore, a creme brulee-like pastry.

Or a cookie from Anthony's on Valencia.

Or olive oil ice cream from Humphry Slocombe on Harrison.

Or a fresh juice or smoothie from Sidewalk Juice on 21st.

These are just a few of the inexpensive culinary delights in the Mission.  I've mentioned some other places in previous posts, and still have many more to try...  

Market Street

Skateboarding, Embarcadero

Lee Fields

Saw a brilliant sold-out show by Lee Fields and the Expressions at Brick & Mortar in the Mission a few weeks ago.  It's always great to see a performance like that in an intimate space.  Take a listen to "Faithful Man"...

Laundry, 6th & Howard

Buena Vista Park