Minako's hamachi with mint sauce is pretty great.Photo: Anita Sarkeesian/Flickr
The Mission has been blowing up this year with new restaurant openings especially restaurants in spaces that were previously not home to restaurants, like Abbot's Cellar, Tacolicious, and Central Kitchen, just to name a few. And Valencia Street in particular has enjoyed a solid decade of buzz for its food boom and rapid rise to fame as one of the nation's great restaurant corridors. But, at the risk of ruining a few well guarded secrets, allow us to take a second to recognize a few of the less celebrated gems of the Mission who don't get virtual ink spilled on their behalf on a daily or weekly basis.
What You Missed at Eat Real 2012
Step Inside Jamber, Now Open in SoMa
Saison’s Latest Tasting Menu, Illustrated
A Look At Benito Molina's Pop-Up at Playa
Slideshow: Inside Praise the Lard, the Barbecue Competition That Takes Over a Whole Town

