San Francisco

1) Is it possible to reach Muir Woods or Ft. Cronkite by public transportation? If so, is one easier than the other? Can anyone suggest a route for me or give me directions on how to get to either or both places? If possible, an estimate on how long to get to each would be helpful too.

2) What time does the typical Pupuseria open? I’m hoping to try some for breakfast one morning.

Thanks in advance for your help.

1. Your question is answered in the second-to-last paragraph of FAQ post 207: "L.A. to San Francisco Via Public Transit"
   
   2. I don't have a clue, possibly because I've never heard of a "Pupuseria." Is that a kennel limited to dogs less than a year old?

Thanks. I’ll go in to the FAQ and get that info.

Regarding the pupuseria though, it’s a restaurant that sells/specializes in “pupusa” the El Salvadorian food pictured here.

There are supposed to be a lot of places that sell them in SF and, having never tried one – I’m quite anxious to have a taste. There are just so many other places I want to try that I thought I could have pupusa for breakfast one day reserving my lunches & dinners for the places/cuisines I’m more interested in.

Can't say what time they open, but there's many Salvadoran places in the Mission District

I've never heard of a "pupusa". Try a search on sfgate SF Chronicle

and Golden Gate Transit will take you over to Muir Woods.

Perfect. I’m planning to stay there anyway so that could work out.

They don’t seem to be a very breakfasty food though so I’m just hoping I can get them before 10am??

Not everybody eats breakfast like us Americans do either. We’ll see, I guess.

Thanks for your help, everyone.

(if anyone does know for sure one way or another though – about the pupuseria’s, feel free to chime in at any time : )

can pupusas be a breakfast food? i guess they could, although i've only had them late at night when i'm out drinking. on one drunk fest i had a damn tasty pupusa at a place in the mission, i think it was on 16th, just east of valencia. mmmmm.....pupusa.

“can pupusas be a breakfast food?”

Not by most people’s standards, I’m sure – but for me, heck yeah!

I love salty savory foods for breakfast. Sometimes I have curry for breakfast. Today I had chicken, green chile and corn chowder with bread. Hell, I’ve eaten a cheeseburger for breakfast. I’m kind of a freak though : )

i just tried to look it up, based on the location, i think it might be panchitas restaurant, at 3091 16th. if not, there are other pupusas in the area. i remember the food as tasty tasty, but drinking seems to make crap food taste better too.

You could be right. I’ve heard a lot of good stuff about Panchitas on Chowhound so sounds about right if they were really that tasty! : )

Nobody seems to know when these damn places open though – and I surely won’t be eating the continental breakfast served at my hotel… YUK.

Hey #1, it looks like Route 66 to Muir Woods only runs from May-September.

Is that right or is there Spring shittle service as well? All the info I found suggests this is only a Summer program?

Hope not! : (

haha - "shittle" SORRY!

Shuttle!

I'm not sure, #10. I'm also not sure that what I wrote in that FAQ entry is the only way to do it. You might try calling some of the entities behind those links and seeing if they can tell you how to get there.

Thanks, maybe I will... I'm probably just gonna skip it this trip though. Seems like it will be a huge pain in the ass and a bit rushed for a weekend trip anyway. Too bad.

I haven't been to the city since I was 15 and so I'm sure there's PLENTY to see without leaving SF proper. I'll head down to the library tonight and get the DK guide to the city (sorry LP!), that should keep me busy.

Thanks again.

Regarding Fort Cronkhite:

On Sundays only, you can take Muni's 76 Marin Headlands bus to Ft. Cronkhite. It runs every hour, takes 45 minutes from downtown (25 mins. from Ft. Mason), costs $1.50, and includes the remarkable vista looking down at the Golden Gate bridge towards the city.

In my experience, places which serve Mexican food and cater to Mexicans open pretty early, like 8am, so your chances of finding an El Salvadoran restaurant open early and serving papuserias are good.

Try wandering down Mission or Valencia from about 16 to 24th.

Thanks #14 & 15 : )

I'm definitely gonna check out Ft. Cronk(h?)ite then.

I can't wait! Haven't had even a weekend vacation in over a year now!

It's about time!!

A good number of Salvadorean restaurants also feature breakfast menus, so you might be in luck. The best resource for finding out is Chowhound, as the SF board gets more traffic than any other city aside from NYC: http://www.chowhound.com/boards/1 Make sure to specify SF, though - the best concentration of pupuserias is debatably in the East Bay.

If you do want to venture into the East Bay looking for pupuserias, I know a great one, and it's as close to SF as you can get. Take any Bart train heading to the East Bay, get off at the first station, West Oakland. There is one accross from the west end of the Bart parking lot, across 7th St. (can't remember the name!) There's nothing else to do in this neighborhood, but I can recommend it, and it is only 10 minutes from downtown SF

I might have to do that.

Man, I’m practically obsessed with the idea of eating pupusa now! And I haven’t even tried them yet!

I just found out from a friend at work that I can get them here in San Diego and I think I might go tonight!

PUPUSA MANIA!

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

Okay, I’m sold.

I won’t try to do them for breakfast : )

I’m staying in the Mission near Panchita’s #2 and they don’t close till like 2am on Saturdays… maybe I’ll give them a try after a night on the town.

Not sure why the hell I’m so into these damn things – but I am – I think? Haha.

Thanks.

BTW: Your description of the typical Salvadoran meal layout totally made my mouth water! MMMM… it’s lunch time!

pupusa sounds like it should be a small rodent but it's not

Hummm… I wonder if I should change my middle name to pupusa? : )

This is the place I want to try tonight!!

Man those empanadas con leche look SO GOOD! So does that banana leaf tamale! MMMMMMM!!!!

Maybe I need to go t El Salvador for my next vacation! WOOOOOO!!!