local markets

Hegui has been looking for a place to get inexpensive, high quality Brazilian palmito or heart of palm. I recommended a Google search and that’s how we “discovered” Señor Pedro International. Daly City is just to the south of San Francisco though I’m embarrassed to say that I hardly ever go there. The store was [...]

Sunday was a spectacularly sunny afternoon in the San Francisco Bay Area making it a perfect day to spread our wings and explore Berkeley. If you don’t know that lovely city by the Bay, it’s probably most famous as the home of the University of California, the first and premier “UC school.” The city has [...]

After Irving and 22nd Market, the Sunset Super is our favorite food store in that neighborhood of the City. Only about three and a half blocks from the first, on Irving between 25th and 26th Avenues, it’s very convenient to go to both when you’re visiting the Sunset District. That’s what we usually do, at [...]

We’re big fans of El Chico Produce #4 in the Mission for inexpensive produce and Mexican and South American products. Located on 24th Street between Harrison and Alabama, the shop doesn’t look like much from the street. Surrounded by inexpensive restaurants, mainly featuring pork dishes; an unusual art shop and a Mexican bakery; it’s a [...]