El Faro

El Faro has had multiple locations in San Francisco, but the original one was founded here in the Mission by Febronio Ontiveros.
It is one of two restaurants that dispute the credit for inventing the delicious Mission-style burrito. A Mission-style burrito is a humongous pile of ingredients, typically including rice, wrapped tightly in a steamed flour tortilla.

I believe El Faro's claim to be more substantial, as it is supported by evidence of Mr. George Rodríguez, who managed the nearby Mi Rancho market in 1960s and remembers how upset Mr. Ontiveros was when they started making burritos as well.

As the story goes, on the first day El Faro opened a group of firefighters came asking for sandwiches. Sandwiches were not on the menu, and the firefighters went away disappointed. However, Mr. Ontiveros was determined not to disappoint them twice, so the next day, September 26, 1961, he wrapped up meat, beans, rice, sour cream, salsa, and guacamole into tight packages^{1He used two, or, some say, three overlapping tortillas because the modern giant ones were not commercially available in the 60s} and one of the world's most satisfying foods was born.

^{1He used two, or, some say, three overlapping tortillas because the modern giant ones were not commercially available in the 60s} He used two, or, some say, three overlapping tortillas because the modern giant ones were not commercially available in the 60s