Day Four

Art Tour

The Mission District is largely self-contained, but some Latino cultural treasures are found elsewhere in the city. At the 37 San Francisco Art Institute (800 Chestnut St.; 771-7020) Diego Rivera’s 1931 mural depicting the building of San Francisco is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

Another Rivera mural decorates the 38 Diego Rivera Theater at San Francisco City College (50 Phelan; 239-3127). Open to the public but hours vary semester to semester. Call for current schedule.

Rivera, of course, was more than a muralist, and three of his paintings are part of the permanent collection of the 39 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (151 Third St.; 357-4000): “The Flower Carrier,” “Indian Girl With Coral Necklace,” and “Kneeling Child.”

For dinner, try 40 Laurels (205 Oak; 934-1575) for fine Cuban cuisine, and be sure to try the special­ties: paella cubano and ropa vieja. Or for Guatemalan food in a tropical setting there’s 41 San Miguel (3263 Mission St.; 641-5866). If the evening’s young and you’re looking for fun, there’s dancing and an 11:30 drag show every night at 42 Esta Noche (3079 16th St.; 861-5757).

Resources

Newspapers: El Bohemio News, weekly; El Mensajero (206-7230), weekly;
El Reportero (648-3711), weekly; El Tecolote (648-1045), monthly. Mission Dispatch, online (861-6344). Magazine: TV Español (333-0661), monthly. Television: KDTV Channel 14 (538-8000); Cable Channel 30 on weekends.

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