mario cortez
@macortez.bsky.social
San Diego born. Tijuana raised.
Food reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle
Food reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle
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mario cortez
@macortez.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Las comidas corridas son el tasting menú del proletariado 🇲🇽
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Chilaquiles are elite and a decent hangover cure but def #2 to menudo. Something about that is magical for a hangover.
Chilaquiles can be a hangover cure, vital fuel for a day’s labor or brunch content for your reels. Just don't call them "breakfast nachos." Here are my top 6 spots in SF 🇲🇽⤵️
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Where to find this crunchy, saucy Mexican brunch classic in S.F.
From red salsa to green and from crispy chips to soft and chewy, these are the six best spots for chilaquiles in San Francisco.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Chilaquiles are elite and a decent hangover cure but def #2 to menudo. Something about that is magical for a hangover.
Chilaquiles can be a hangover cure, vital fuel for a day’s labor or brunch content for your reels. Just don't call them "breakfast nachos." Here are my top 6 spots in SF 🇲🇽⤵️
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
Where to find this crunchy, saucy Mexican brunch classic in S.F.
From red salsa to green and from crispy chips to soft and chewy, these are the six best spots for chilaquiles in San Francisco.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Chilaquiles can be a hangover cure, vital fuel for a day’s labor or brunch content for your reels. Just don't call them "breakfast nachos." Here are my top 6 spots in SF 🇲🇽⤵️
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
San Francisco's Mission District is a symbol of resilience, maintaining a lively mix of people and food, all with a one-of-a-kind spirit.
Our restarant critic Cesar Hernández and I bring you THE guide to eating around the historic barrio.
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
Our restarant critic Cesar Hernández and I bring you THE guide to eating around the historic barrio.
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
Where to eat in the Mission District, still one of S.F.’s best dining neighborhoods
From coffee to burritos, here's where to eat in the Mission District, still one of the city's most vibrant dining neighborhoods
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November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
San Francisco's Mission District is a symbol of resilience, maintaining a lively mix of people and food, all with a one-of-a-kind spirit.
Our restarant critic Cesar Hernández and I bring you THE guide to eating around the historic barrio.
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
Our restarant critic Cesar Hernández and I bring you THE guide to eating around the historic barrio.
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
That new Rosalía sounds like the Black Swan soundtrack only Sephiroth is down baaad
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
That new Rosalía sounds like the Black Swan soundtrack only Sephiroth is down baaad
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Burky is an undusputed San Diego legend
Christina Burkenroad didn't have the same advantages of her high school teammates.
She was worried about what she could eat, worried about where she could sleep. But that didn't stop the young San Diegan from dreaming.
Soccer saved the future Mexican star.
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She was worried about what she could eat, worried about where she could sleep. But that didn't stop the young San Diegan from dreaming.
Soccer saved the future Mexican star.
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
Soccer as sanctuary: How the beautiful game saved Liga MX Femenil star Christina Burkenroad
Christina Burkenroad had a turbulent childhood, at times sleeping in the family car, but her love of soccer got her through to the top of the sport.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Burky is an undusputed San Diego legend
A UK company no longer operates San Francisco's high profile dining venue Saluhall.
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Read more ⤵️
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The latest departure at S.F.’s IKEA-owned food hall? The operators
Since opening in 2024, Saluhall had been run by U.K.-based Kerb Food. That is no longer the case.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
A UK company no longer operates San Francisco's high profile dining venue Saluhall.
Read more ⤵️
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
Read more ⤵️
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
Cenaduria Elvira, one of the Bay Area's best Mexican restaurants, is moving to a new location. Here's where ⤵️
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One of the Bay Area’s best Mexican restaurants began in a home. After 5 years, it’s moving out
After years of offering hard-to-find homestyle dishes from Mexico’s Jalisco state, one of the East Bay’s most prominent home restaurants is making the move to a full restaurant space.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Cenaduria Elvira, one of the Bay Area's best Mexican restaurants, is moving to a new location. Here's where ⤵️
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
Not tsa at O'Hare inspecting and swabbing the tortillas in my backpack haha
November 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Not tsa at O'Hare inspecting and swabbing the tortillas in my backpack haha
“I always saw him working... Sometimes, even at night, there he was, pushing his cart.”
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A San Diego paletero, who went viral with a heartfelt goodbye, is deported. ‘I’m leaving happy.’
Francisco Duarte was known around South San Diego for selling ice pops from his pushcart.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
“I always saw him working... Sometimes, even at night, there he was, pushing his cart.”
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www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/02/a...
The important thing is that Kendrick whooped drake. Ftd
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The important thing is that Kendrick whooped drake. Ftd
that game was pure cinema but ftd all day every day
October 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
that game was pure cinema but ftd all day every day
Imagine leaving tonight's game and the 110 is still backed up
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Imagine leaving tonight's game and the 110 is still backed up
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Maybe we should introduce a penalty shootout to the World Series
October 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Maybe we should introduce a penalty shootout to the World Series
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We’re living menos
I forgot there's no free Taco Bell for a World Series steal anymore. Look what they took from us
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
We’re living menos
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I got to live through both Sonic on a Nintendo console
and now Master Chief on a Playstation...
and now Master Chief on a Playstation...
Master Chief comes to PlayStation.
Halo: Campaign Evolved launches on PS5 next year, rebuilt and modernized with 2-player local co-op and 4-player online co-op: play.st/4oAYnr5
Halo: Campaign Evolved launches on PS5 next year, rebuilt and modernized with 2-player local co-op and 4-player online co-op: play.st/4oAYnr5
October 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I got to live through both Sonic on a Nintendo console
and now Master Chief on a Playstation...
and now Master Chief on a Playstation...
A globe-trotting cocktail bar featuring the sounds and sips of Havana has landed in SF
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A globe-trotting cocktail bar brings the sips and sounds of far-flung destinations to S.F. First stop: Havana
The hospitality group behind some of San Francisco’s splashiest cocktail bars will be taking visitors around the world with its newest project.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A globe-trotting cocktail bar featuring the sounds and sips of Havana has landed in SF
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.
What We Can Do About ICE
ICE is in the Bay Area. And yes, we can all do something about it.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.
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EXCLUSIVE: @sfchronicle.com learns that more than 100 agents, including ICE and CBP are headed to San Francisco
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area
More than 100 federal agents, including some from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Alameda base.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
EXCLUSIVE: @sfchronicle.com learns that more than 100 agents, including ICE and CBP are headed to San Francisco
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
No more chasing popups. Maillards, one of the best burger operations in SF, has found a permanent location 🦆
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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Some of the best smashburgers in S.F. finally have a permanent home
It’s undetermined if the line-drawing pop ups will continue after the brick-and-mortar operation starts sometime next year.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
No more chasing popups. Maillards, one of the best burger operations in SF, has found a permanent location 🦆
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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Government shutdown, unclear how troops will be paid at month's end... and this guy is getting a backseat SuperHornet ride like a make-a-wish kid
October 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Government shutdown, unclear how troops will be paid at month's end... and this guy is getting a backseat SuperHornet ride like a make-a-wish kid
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The Bay Area is now home to the largest dim sum restaurant in the U.S. Here's your first look inside ⤵️
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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The largest dim sum restaurant in the U.S. has arrived in the Bay Area
The fifth location of this growing Cantonese chain arrives in a part of the Bay Area with no other options for dim sum or large-scale group dining.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Bay Area is now home to the largest dim sum restaurant in the U.S. Here's your first look inside ⤵️
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
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this week for @coyotemedia.org: I went to war-ravaged Portland to find out whether it’s still possible to get a decent macchiato there www.coyotemedia.org/portland-a-w...
Portland, a ‘war zone?’ OK, sure. So how’s the food?
COYOTE’s war correspondent grabs brunch.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
this week for @coyotemedia.org: I went to war-ravaged Portland to find out whether it’s still possible to get a decent macchiato there www.coyotemedia.org/portland-a-w...
The Bay Area is now home to the largest dim sum restaurant in the U.S. Here's your first look inside ⤵️
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
The largest dim sum restaurant in the U.S. has arrived in the Bay Area
The fifth location of this growing Cantonese chain arrives in a part of the Bay Area with no other options for dim sum or large-scale group dining.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Bay Area is now home to the largest dim sum restaurant in the U.S. Here's your first look inside ⤵️
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...