""Ideally, it would be someone who could keep the doors open. [Raymunda is] really just trying to avoid going bankrupt and having to end the legacy in that way.""
""He allegedly made the first super burrito - a forearm-sized torpedo with rice, beans, salsa, meat, guacamole and sour cream - for nearby firefighters who came in looking for sandwiches.""
""In 2006, she bought the original location, on Folsom Street, from the Ontiveros family and brought back the original recipes.""
El Faro, a 65-year-old taqueria in San Francisco's Mission District, is up for sale after the landlord doubled the rent. The current rent is $7,500, significantly higher than the previous $3,250. The restaurant is listed for $225,000 on Facebook Marketplace. Owners Raymunda Ramirez and Patrick Kocourek are seeking a buyer who can maintain the business. El Faro claims to have invented the super burrito, a large burrito filled with various ingredients, originally created by founder Febronio Ontiveros in 1961.
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