La Palma–The Mexicatessen

There are plenty of places that you can go to get great Mexican food in the Mission, but La Palma offers a slightly different vibe than many of the others. La Palma labels themselves as a “Mexicatessen.”

From the outside, La Palma looks like a grocery store with tortillas and Mexican sodas lining the walls. Once you enter through the double doors you can see the counter in the back and the menu plastered to the wall. I ordered a carne asada taco, which had the perfect amount of spice. What I really loved was my sister’s “quesadilla suiza,” which was a regular quesadilla with crispy carnitas and guacamole. The carnitas were so wonderfully fried and really played off of the guacamole.

La Palma is also a functioning Mexican supermarket. They sell items such as Mexican cola, cotija cheese and fresh handmade tortillas. The tortillas are really tasty and you can buy them in large packs to experiment making your own concoctions at home. Also, all of the cooks there were very friendly and answered our questions concerning the multiple types of pork that they sell. La Palma not only has great Mexican food like many other places in the Mission, but it has a plentiful selection of all the Mexican food items you could need!