The Front Porch
Southern restaurant (US) · La Lengua ·
Southern & Caribbean comfort food, fried chicken, beignets, great cocktails
Southern & Caribbean comfort food, fried chicken, beignets, great cocktails
"Going to The Front Porch for brunch is never the wrong choice, especially when you can get a table on their minuscule front patio that often sits right in the sun. This place on the border of the Mission and Bernal Heights makes Southern food like chicken and waffles, chicken fried steaks, and powdery beignets with a tart raspberry sauce. Everything here is so good (and hearty) it might inspire you to walk it off and then loop back to the red checkerboard-lined dining room for a fried chicken dinner." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez, patrick wong
"The portions of fried chicken from The Front Porch are generous, the meat is moist, and you could smell the seasoning coming off of each piece even during peak allergy season with no Claritin. But what we love most about it is the cornmeal crust. It’s delicate and thin—just enough to add some crunch but not cast a shadow on the meat. It’s our ideal ratio." - julia chen 1, patrick wong
"We zero in on The Front Porch for heartier brunches. This Bernal Heights spot specializes in Southern dishes, including beignets, perfectly crispy chicken and waffles, pulled pork chilaquiles, and a country breakfast with biscuits and eggs. Grab a table on the parklet or the snug patio up front." - team infatuation
"Going to The Front Porch for brunch is never the wrong move, unless you’re trying to do a lot of activity after, in which case, maybe think again. This place on the border of the Mission and Bernal Heights makes Southern food like chicken and waffles, eggs benedict, and chicken fried steaks. Everything here is so good—and hearty—it might inspire you to walk it off, and then loop back for the fried chicken for dinner (which they also do)." - lani conway, julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez
"Dish: New Orleans style beignets with powdered sugar These pillowy beignets are fried to a texture akin to a $600 boutique down comforter, doused in enough powdered sugar to leave you with a mustache, and served with a tart raspberry jam that we wish we could bottle up and take home with us. The rest of the menu at this Southern spot in Mission-Bernal has some hits, like the creamy country-fried steak, but we’d be more than content to just keep coming back for these bites of beignet bliss each and every weekend. " - julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez
