El Buen Comer
Mexican restaurant · Bernal Heights ·
Mexico City-style guisados, handmade tortillas, and chocoflan.
Mexico City-style guisados, handmade tortillas, and chocoflan.
"In San Francisco El Buen Comer channels Mexico City–inspired home cooking through slow-braised, saucy meats like tinga and carnitas." - Jaya Saxena
"“Good eats” are promised right in the name of this approachable neighborhood restaurant on the outskirts of the Mission, and La Cocina alum Isabel Caudillo delivers in full. Her menu highlights the cooking of her native Mexico City, featuring homestyle dishes like her signature guisados, as in tender, pork ribs slowly simmered in salsa verde, served with nopales and plenty of warm, handmade corn tortillas to mop up every last drop of the delectable sauce. The focused menu is rounded out with other classics: pambazos, chiles rellenos and fresh-fried tortilla chips accompanied by a hefty scoop of guacamole and zippy house-made salsas. Save room for Caudillo’s desserts, like a chocoflan that combines silky caramelized custard and rich chocolate cake." - Michelin Inspector
"Mexico City native Isabel Caudillo’s restaurant leans into Mexico City-style street foods: masa-based dishes like huaraches and gorditas, the sauce-smothered sandwiches known as pambazos, and a selection of tamales. There are usually also a couple of the guisados (slow-cooked stews) that the restaurant is known for, like the wonderful, velvety pork mole verde. Online orders are accepted." - Paolo Bicchieri
"It may have been in Noe Valley where Isabel Caudillo got started, selling tamales at farmers markets, but these days she’s selling her ultra-popular tamales from a permanent location in Bernal Heights. Whether it be the rajas con queso or the pork in salsa verde, there are mini tamales available on the catering menu right now. Keep an eye on the main online menu — the full-size version will likely pop up during the season." - Eater Staff
"This Mexican spot promises "good eats,” and that’s exactly what it delivers. From the moment you step into this homey space in Bernal Heights, everyone makes you feel like part of a family, and the fact that the menu consists mostly of homestyle guisados adds to that feeling. Whether it’s the spicy pozole, the rich chicken mole, or the tangy green pork costillas, the slow-cooked dishes make for the perfect pairing with the extra-corny homemade tortillas and fresh salsas, thanks to their fall-apart meats." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez
