3 years, 11 months ago

I only did takeout because I was in a hurry, but man was I impressed. Definitely the most beautiful carnitas I've ever seen: a nice, fatty-but-crispy hunk of pork shoulder served with corn tortillas and a delicious sauce (I'm thinking it must be tomatillo). In fact, I think the sauce kind of made it for me. Instantly became one of my favorite SF restaurants.

3 years, 11 months ago

Fortunately for me, I've never had to deal with a long wait at Nopalito, so that's improved my experience a lot over Ryan's :). In any case, the food here is delicious and if you're dining in, order a Tecate. Trust me, you'll thank me for it later.

3 years, 11 months ago

Food was excellent. Only restaurant I've found that serves huitlacoche, which automatically kicked it up a notch in my book. I got a huitlacoche quesadilla and birria, a spicy goat stew. Both were quite good. Others got more traditional recipies – chicken mole, tamales and pork carnitas. I tried the mole and carnitas and would easily say both were some of the best I've ever had.

The wait for both a table and the food was horrendous, though. Be prepared to spend 4 hours here. I appreciate that they want to keep everything traditional, but I really wish they ... Food was excellent. Only restaurant I've found that serves huitlacoche, which automatically kicked it up a notch in my book. I got a huitlacoche quesadilla and birria, a spicy goat stew. Both were quite good. Others got more traditional recipies – chicken mole, tamales and pork carnitas. I tried the mole and carnitas and would easily say both were some of the best I've ever had.

The wait for both a table and the food was horrendous, though. Be prepared to spend 4 hours here. I appreciate that they want to keep everything traditional, but I really wish they had more cooks!

4 years, 2 months ago

A new Mexican restaurant from the Nopa people in SF. [via @courtney]