"There’s always an hour-long line on the weekends at the brunch spot El Mil Amores, but the wait is worth it every time. This casual cafe in the Mission is our go-to for weekend get-togethers with friends, weekday breakfast where we want to hang around for a few hours, or really anytime we’re craving tres leches pancakes and unlimited coffee refills at affordable prices. The breakfast-lunch menu is served until they close at 3pm, so even if your first meal of the day is at 1:30pm, you can get what you want—as long as what you want is a feast featuring big plates of rich mole, plump breakfast sandwiches, and huevos en ahogada." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez, patrick wong