The Mission’s Buzziest Mexican Breakfast Joint El Mil Amores Is Opening a Second Location | Eater SF

"Doubling its footprint, a second, larger outpost will open inside the former Regalito Rosticiera space at 3481 18th Street; Regalito Rosticiera is closed after almost 20 years in business (Thomas Peña opened it around 2006, per Mission Local). Owner-chef Andrea Becerra will take the helm at the new outpost while her stepdad, Francisco Castro, runs the kitchen; Becerra says, "I've been walking around Valencia," and adds, "It's going to be amazing. I'm so excited." The new location features a different menu with lunch and dinner from the start—an early emphasis on dinner—and will open with a beer-and-wine license; like the first outpost, the menu will rotate. A stunner on the dinner menu will be a riff on Becerra's super popular CDMX plate that includes chilaquiles, eggs, potatoes, and a concha French toast, and other items teased on the restaurant's Instagram include fresh fish tacos, rich carnitas, and chilindrinas slathered with cream and tomatoes. The original outpost, a Mexico City–style breakfast and lunch destination that debuted in spring 2023, has made staples of tres leches pancakes and the CDMX breakfast plate. The Regalito family transferred the business to Becerra as they were ready to retire — "You look young, you take over," Becerra says they told her — and the expansion coincides with the two-year anniversary of the original location; Becerra says it will be "a special day for the whole family." The new spot is slated to open spring 2025, Tuesday through Sunday, 4 to 10 p.m." - Paolo Bicchieri