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Burritos in Berlin; Slocombe in Seoul

Martin Mulkeen | Photography by Gabe Koplowitz | | December 14, 2011

San Francisco’s food scene has always been globally influential, but the latest culinary exporters are trying to re-create more than just the flavors of the city: Like Dorothy’s house swept away and plopped down in Oz, these far-flung outposts are S.F.-branded from top to toe. Homage or rip-off? It’s all in the eye of the original owner.

You can take the taqueria out of the city, but in this case, the city went with it.

Homage or rip-off? 

Gamely forgoing bratwurst, Germans have learned to love Mexican food at this Mission style taqueria in Berlin. 

Gamely forgoing bratwurst, Germans have learned to love Mexican food at this Mission style taqueria in Berlin. 

Gamely forgoing bratwurst, Germans have learned to love Mexican food at this Mission style taqueria in Berlin.