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Latin American & Caribbean · Mission District · $$$
Flaky pastry filled with seasoned beef and potato, a Chamorro comfort food staple
Bar · Dolores Heights · $$
Argentine beef empanada with grass-fed ground beef, onions, green olives, raisins, and hard-boiled egg.
Bar · Outer Sunset · $$
Warm pastry filled with seasoned beef.
Latin American & Caribbean · Mission Dolores · $$
Crispy cornmeal turnovers filled with slow‑cooked shredded beef or Pabellón mix—flavorful and satisfying
Argentinian · Downtown · $$
Hand-folded baked turnover with seasoned ground beef; reviewers note they're huge.
American · Parkside · $
Classic Argentine ground beef empanada, available baked or fried.
Coffee & Tea · Noe Valley · $
Beef, bell pepper, green bean, caper, olive, onion, garlic, spices, and a special sauce. Baked, not fried.
Argentinian · Fisherman's Wharf · $$
Flaky pastry filled with savory beef, praised for its authentic, well‑seasoned flavor
American · SoMa · $
Argentine-style beef empanada with chimichurri.
Bar · Polk Gulch · $
Hearty beef-filled empanadas that are a substantial and satisfying snack.
Coffee & Tea · SoMa · $
Classic Argentine beef empanada, baked with flaky crust.
Argentine-style empanada with seasoned beef, available fried (original) or baked.
Argentinian · Mission Bay · $
Organic beef empanada with onions, raisins, sugar, spices, and green olives in the Argentine style.
Peruvian · Bernal Heights · $$
Hand-folded beef empanadas, top three most-ordered
American · Pacific Heights · $$$
Stuffed empanadas, a popular bar-bite.
Peruvian · Inner Richmond · $
Flaky pastry filled with tender beef, a satisfying savory bite.
