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Chile Lindo Empanadas and Esperpento Wine Bar
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Categories: Wine Bars, Latin American
Neighborhood: Mission3283 22nd St
(between Bartlett St & Valencia St)
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 368-3328
- Hours:
Tue-Sat. 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good for:
- Dinner
- Music:
- Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Thu, Fri, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Smoking:
- No
- Coat Check:
- No
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13 reviews for Chile Lindo Empanadas and Esperpento Wine Bar
FYI Chile Lindo has moved out of this space, but Paula is still actively the Girl from Empanada at her 16th St location! Here's the current/correct Yelp page for Chile Lindo:
http://www.yelp.com/bi...
If you loved the empanadas at the Esperpento location, be sure to go leave a review & spread the word about her being back to her original location. Chile Lindo is super active in the SF Street Food movement these days, too, so don't miss out!
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7/8/2009
I had my first (delicious) authentic Chilean Chile Lindo empanada in Dolores park last month and… Read more »
The perfect spot for:
a) The Indecisive... two options on the menu... cheese and pino (meat) empanadas.
b) The Discerning... food tastes damn good
c) The Underemployed (aka the thrifty)... $4 of $5 empanadas and $20 bottles of wine.
d) Misanthropes... only room for about 12 people per seating.
e) The star-crossed lovers... festive background music and a sweet hostess/cook/owner Paula who balances responsiveness and space.
Paula has been cooking up a storm in the Mission for 15+ years. Chile Lindo was just featured on NPR which is pretty flippin' cool and well-deserved. This place will develop (rightfully) a cult following... eat here before the lines get long.
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Date & Time: Thursday July 9, 2009 @ 7pm
Company: Michael
Crowd: Hipster Couples & Girls in Havaianas
Vibe: Cozy
Music: Chilean
Decor: Intimate & Charming Space. Small Framed Art Work, Movie Poster & Mirror Line the Deep Burgundy & Black Walls. Half-Dozen Miniscule Tables for Deux.
Service: Welcoming & Warm Thanks to "The Girl from Empanada"
Imbibe: Estrella Galicia Beer & Chilean Wine
Devour: Cheese Empanada $4 & Meat Empanada $5
Total: $29
Note: Vegetarian & Seafood Empanada in The Works
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Chile Lindo - 5 Stars!
A cute and cozy cafe, good wine, and excellent empanadas! Perfect! (Having to go to Esperpento to use the restroom is a little annoying - but not a big enough deal to lower the rating.)
Esperpento Wine Bar - 5 Stars!
Excellent and reasonably priced tapas. Good wine and sangria. Great place for a date, relaxing meal, or catching up with friends and family.
This is a new joint venture of Esperpento (next door) with Paula Tejeda, which replaces the short-lived Minimum Wine and Champagne Bar. The menu is more limited in comparison, but the small space is cute and cozy. http://static.px.yelp.... You can enjoy a glass of Chilean wine, or beer, and no crowds or noisy customers (at least for now) to bother you, while munching on an empanada. http://static.px.yelp....
I got a chance to chat with Paula during my visit. She's one of the few former street vendor, that has been able to make the transition to a brick and mortar location. Paula earned the nickname of "the Girl from Empanada" while peddling her basket of empanadas on Friday nights, around the Latin American Club (http://www.yelp.com/bi...) and the Make-Out Room (http://www.yelp.com/bi...). She doesn't do that anymore. But you can see the wicker basket that she used on the counter.
Here, you can order empanada de pino (filled with ground beef, onions, olives, hard boiled egg, raisins, etc.) for $5, http://static.px.yelp.... and cheese with jalapeno empanada for $4, because it's smaller. http://static.px.yelp.... The empanada ingredients are listed on the black board above the counter. I like the beef empanada the best. I assume that the menu will expand later, after she gets her kitchen space on 16th street remodeled.
Hours:
Thu-Sun 6pm-midnight
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In Roman Mythology Empanada was a goddess or a surname of Juno. That has nothing to do with this review however :)
This was my first empanada ever, and I thank Willo (of http://willotoons.com fame) for taking me to the world premiere of this incredibly cute and more importantly devinely delicious jewel of a spot across from the Latin American Club in the Mission.
There are two choices (at least for now): Beef or Cheese, and to keep it short and sweet, from the moment I took a bite of the dough, I knew this was going to be something special. Inside my beef empanda was a potpourri of ingredients (onion, olives?) that were quitely simply delish.
Paula the owner was also serving wine (two kinds of red) beer (domestic and I think Chilean?) that unfortunately due my having to be on the air for my Friday night radio show just a hour later I couldn't enjoy.
I'll let Paula tell you the story of how this business got started - suffice to say there is enough heart, soul and authentic Chilean atmosphere to make this new addition to the neighborhood a well-deserved success.
I don't know much about Roman Mythology - I do know that Paula is the goddess of Empanadas! Yum!
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Finally (I think?) an Empanadas place in the Mission. Love the place, love the story...
This place is smaller than my kitchen, and I ain't gots a large kitchin' lemme tell u. Regardless, they put out some tasty empanadas. Was just watching a re-run of No Reservations in Chile and saw the empanadas specials board. How fitting I would see that as I dug into my queso and beef pies. Small place, big flavor. Kind of reminds me of Canela's empanadas in Cupertino, although they're Peruvian. Can't wait for them to create more variety as queso and beef will only hold me for so long. Plan on going on off hours if you actually want to eat there as there are only a few tables for two. You can take them home and get fresh baked goodness out of your own oven/toaster oven.
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For what it is, this place is great. Rounding up from 4.5 to support a new business. Nothing fancy - two kinds of delicious empanadas, some tasty Chilean wines, and a friendly owner. I look forward to seeing the offerings expand. FYI this place is *tiny* and only open dinners Thursday through Sunday.
I tried this place on friday it had tasty empanadas and i will definatelly go back as for everyone that thinks empanadas are expensive it is alot of work to make them and they are from scratch not processed like a $6 burger.
I'm in love with the simplicity and warmth of this place and I'm addicted to the pino (beef empanadas) they are baked, full of nutritious ingredients- I feel good after eating one., and I always want a second! I'm also really beginning to appreciate chilaen wine- there are some great cheap wines! Perfect way to start a night on the town or unwind after a long day- good date spot too!
meat pies... yum
Delicious empanadas that reminded me of Chile. Tiny but charming space, and great for conversation with friends over a bottle of wine. I see an addiction in the making.
