Our Story
San Pancho is family owned. Husband & wife team, Carolina McCandless & David Perez, first met in 2012 at a Mexican restaurant in the heart of the Mission district of San Francisco. San Pancho was born out of their desire to bring "Mission style" burritos to the DMV area. That is where the tag line “Born in La Mission” came from. We wanted to bring burritos in the style of the Mission district while also being careful to source premium ingredients. Our flour tortillas are Sonoran style and imported from Mexico. Our meats are from local farms & hormone-free. Everything in our kitchen is scratch made. For San Francisco transplants, we hope to bring a little bit of THE BAY to the DMV.
Their restaurant group, La Rosa Hospitality, includes San Pancho's sister restaurant
Cielo Rojo, a California influenced Mexican restaurant in Takoma Park.
Our Team
Luis
Bar Director, La Rosa Hospitality
Luis was born in Chiapas, Mexico and moved to the US at age 9. He is a very hard-working person, with big aspirations and dreams, always interested in a career in hospitality. He started working in restaurants at the age of 18, always taking notes and learning from the best in the industry, which helped land him a job at a beloved (now shuttered) restaurant, Espita Mezcaleria, where the love of mezcal was born. His passion for agave spirits stem from its bold and intricate flavors that have helped him discover new ways of combining and balancing flavors, something that he hopes to bring and share now in his new role.
Fun fact: he loves 80's rock and roll
Luis
Sous Chef