El Rey Taquiza Artesanal

Despite being known for their nightlife, the Mission doesn’t really have many late-night restaurants where you can sit down to eat a meal—except for El Rey Taquiza Artesanal. This taqueria is full every weekend night as crowds pile in from nearby bars in search of asada tacos and pastor gringas until 1:30am. The inside is spacious with a couple of TVs that they use for karaoke on Saturday nights and travel posters for different Mexican cities on the walls. And no matter the time of the day, a meal here is always on the livelier side thanks to big groups who raid the salsa bar and keep the party going with a full bar that serves mango margaritas and draft Modelo—the perfect partners to a crispy al pastor taco.