Café de Olla Café de Olla
Mission District · San Francisco

Oaxaca, served
warm in the Mission.

A café, restaurant, catering kitchen, and art space rooted in the flavors and craft of Oaxaca, México — gathered on one warm corner of 19th Street.

Tacos with avocado and crema
Café de olla in a hand-painted Oaxacan clay mug
Oaxacan quesadilla plated with salsa
est. en el corazón de la Misión

One corner, three
ways to gather.

Whether you're stopping for café de olla, planning an event, or coming for the art — there's a room for you.

01 — Daily
Shrimp tacos with avocado and crema

Café & Restaurant

Morning clay-pot coffee and conchas; evening mole, tlayudas, and mezcal. Sit-down Oaxacan cooking, all day.

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02 — On request
Guests sharing a family-style spread at a Café de Olla catered event

Catering

Bring Oaxaca to your table — private dinners, weddings, and office spreads cooked from our Mission kitchen.

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03 — Rotating
Summer Sip & Stroll — Mission Street Wine Walk poster

Art Space

A gallery wall in dialogue between Oaxacan makers and Bay Area artists — textiles, photography, painting.

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Café & Restaurant

From the comal,
all day long.

We open with café de olla and pan dulce, and close with smoky moles and mezcal. Masa is nixtamalized in-house; chiles and chocolate come from Oaxacan growers we know by name.

Café de Olla clay-pot · canela
Mole Negro heirloom chiles
Tlayudas asiento · quesillo
Tamales Oaxaqueños banana leaf
Memelas masa · frijol
Champurrado chocolate de agua
Café de olla served in a hand-painted Oaxacan clay mug
Oaxacan taco plate
Quesadilla with greens
Tamal in banana leaf
Hours
CaféTue–Sun · 8am–3pm
DinnerWed–Sun · 5–10pm
MondaysClosed

Platos favoritos de la casa

House favorites, cooked from masa and mole made in-house.

Tacos with avocado and crema Para compartir

Tacos de Camarón

$16
Incluye
Grilled shrimp Avocado Crema Cabbage slaw
Tlayuda Oaxaqueña with beans and quesillo Clásico

Tlayuda Oaxaqueña

$18
Incluye
Asiento Frijol negro Quesillo Tasajo
Quesadilla de flor de calabaza Vegetariana

Quesadilla de Flor

$13
Incluye
Flor de calabaza Quesillo Epazote Masa azul
Tamales Oaxaqueños wrapped in banana leaf Hoja de plátano

Tamales Oaxaqueños

$12
Incluye
Mole negro Pollo Masa
Mole negro enchiladas with rice and queso fresco on a clay plate Picante

Mole Negro

$22
Incluye
Heirloom chiles Chocolate de agua Pollo Arroz
Café de olla in a hand-painted Oaxacan clay mug Bebida

Café de Olla

$6
Incluye
Clay-pot brew Canela Piloncillo
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Oaxacan quesadilla plated with red onion and salsa
Catering

Oaxaca, brought
to your table.

We cook for gatherings of every size — from a dozen friends to a few hundred. Tell us the occasion and we'll build a menu around it.

Private dining
Buyouts & the back room
Weddings
Family-style feasts
Office & corporate
Drop-off or staffed
Market spreads
Antojitos & aguas
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Art Space

A wall between
two homes.

Our gallery hosts rotating shows that put Oaxacan makers and Bay Area artists in conversation. Openings are free and the mezcal is poured.

Hand-painted Oaxacan catrina figures
On view now

Hilos / Threads

Textile dialogues between Teotitlán weavers and Mission fiber artists.

Through Aug 2026
Pre-Columbian ceramic funerary mask
Sep–Oct 2026

Comal

Photographs of everyday Oaxacan kitchens, shot over three market seasons.

Opening · Sep 12
Tile mosaic mural of Frida and Diego on a pink wall
Nov 2026

Tierra Compartida

A group show on migration, memory, and the soil two places share.

Call for artists open

Lo que dice la gente

★★★★★ 4.9 / 5 from 1,800+ reviews
★★★★★

"The café de olla tastes like my abuela's kitchen in Oaxaca. I come every Sunday for the tlayudas and stay for the art on the walls."

LM
Lucía Mendoza
Mission neighbor
★★★★★

"We hired Café de Olla to cater our wedding and the mole negro had everyone asking for the recipe. Service was warm and effortless from start to finish."

DR
Daniel & Rosa
Catering clients
★★★★★

"More than a restaurant — it's a little corner of Oaxaca in SF. The rotating gallery opening with mezcal was one of the best nights I've had in the city."

JT
James Tran
Gallery regular
Visit us

Come sit on the
corner of 19th.

3388 19th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Café Tue–Sun 8–3 · Dinner Wed–Sun 5–10 · Closed Mondays

Aerial map of Café de Olla at Mission & 19th St