i had a chance to do some more fact checking today on my own memory which doesn't do too well with respect to names of lunch spots
Originally Posted by moondog
3) the chinese place on the north side of villa between castro and the tied house (i don't like chinese food, but can tolerate that place)
this one's called the golden wok.
5) the mexican place on dana north of castro (la bamba is my favorite burrito place in the view)
los charros is its official name. the other place i was thinking of was not fiesta del mar, but la fiesta. it's a few blocks south (east?) of castro on villa. iirc fiesta del mar is on shoreline near the freeway (i used to live at the shadows across the street back my school had a housing crisis) though i vaguely recall seeing another one downtown.