Logo printed kraft takeout bags for the Mission District.

Burritos, pan dulce and a lot of foot traffic

The Mission is where a lot of people learned what a San Francisco burrito is: foil wrapped, rice and beans inside, heavy enough to count as two meals. Add tacos al pastor, pupusas, tortas, pan dulce from the panaderías, aguas frescas, and coffee shops every other block, and you have one of the busiest carry-out neighborhoods in the city.

Plenty of it walks. People grab a bag on Mission Street and eat at Dolores Park, or carry it home a few blocks up the hill. That walk is free advertising, if the bag has your name on it.

Weekends stretch the line even longer. Brunch spots on Valencia, pupuserías near 24th Street BART, and taquerias that stay open past midnight all hand food across the counter to people who will eat it somewhere else. Each of those handoffs is a chance to be remembered by name instead of by the color of the awning.

Calle 24 and why your name matters here

Lower 24th Street is an official Latino Cultural District, set up by the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor in 2014. Neighbors call it El Corazón de la Misión. The whole point of that district is keeping the family businesses that make the street what it is.

A plain bag says nothing about who cooked. A kraft bag with your shop name, a little art from your mural or your abuela's recipe line on it says this place is from here. It's a small thing that matches the neighborhood's own story.

No foam, so build the order around paper

Foam to-go boxes have been banned in San Francisco since 2007, and containers need to be recyclable or compostable in the City's programs. Most Mission kitchens already pack in foil, paper boats and fiber trays. A brown kraft bag sits right next to all of that.

Weight is the real test. Two burritos, a quart of horchata, chips and a few salsa cups add up fast. Our bag is 12″ × 7″ × 14″, made of 110 GSM kraft, and rated to carry 22 lb. It has a 3.5″ gusset, so trays sit flat on the bottom instead of tipping.

Ideas for a Mission bag

Bold color reads best on brown kraft: deep red, black, a strong green. A white kraft bag works if your logo is full of bright papel picado colors. Put your name huge, then one line underneath, like your corner or your hours.

Want a sense of the whole city? Here's our page on printed takeout bags across San Francisco, and the main page for logo printed takeout bags in the Bay Area.