el Mil Amores

"The Chilaquiles at El Mil Amores may be the best breakfast item on this list. And the rest of the menu holds up. We love the enfrijoladas — breakfast enchiladas stuffed with eggs and all the fixings — the rotating assortment of agua frescas, and the fact that everyone on staff smiles at you. This is one of those places where the servers could be cold, the cooks could be surly, and it wouldn’t matter —the food is just that good. They’re anything but that and we thank them for it." - Matt Tillquist

"If you tend to wake up on the later side of brunch for this city, El Mil Amores is your spot. This Mexico City-style cafe in the Mission serves their entire breakfast and lunch menu all the way until 5pm, making it the perfect place to meet up with a group of friends that can’t agree on a common wake-up time. Expect hearty platters like the CDMX plate with a mix of chilaquiles, soft scrambled eggs, and pillowy concha french toast—it's ideal for those who can’t decide between sweet and savory. And the best part is that all of the dishes here provide more than enough food to make you want to nap in the sun at Dolores Park—even if the sun is already setting." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez

"El Mil Amores focuses mainly on Mexico City-style breakfast and lunch plates. All the dishes serve up more than enough food to make you want to nap in the sun at Dolores for three days straight. The Yulis breakfast sandwich is a high pile of scrambled eggs, supple arrachera, cheese, and avocado between the softest telera-like roll that instantly catapults this to the top of our internal Mission breakfast sandwich list. If you want to sample a bunch of menu items, order the CDMX plate, which is a mix of chilaquiles doused in tangy salsa verde, soft scrambled eggs, and pillowy concha french toast. It’s time to get the group chat going and assemble your Saturday brunch team. " - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez

"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

"For a lovely casual weekday breakfast that'll stretch into lunch, head to El Mil Amores in the Mission. This Mexican spot’s massive plates will take you more time to finish than running a marathon, but that’s okay because the food is so excellent. You’ll also hang out for a while because this place embodies friendly diner vibes (free café de olla refills included). The drenched-in-green-salsa breakfast burrito, Yulis breakfast sandwich (on the fluffiest bread known to humankind), and the huevos en ahogada are graduate-level classes in egg making, but you can’t go wrong with anything. Just make sure you get the crispy arrachera in one of your dishes, and don’t leave without trying the decadent tres leches pancakes." - julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez, lani conway