Ziggy's flips plant-based burgers and black bean taquitos near the Cal Poly edge of San Luis Obispo, with shakes that hide their dairy-free build well.
Signature: Black bean taquitos, Plant-based burgers
Order: Black bean taquitos under kale slaw and chipotle sauce.
Tip: The vegan menu is clearly labelled; order the house Ziggy patty over the Impossible if you want the original.
SloDoCo Donuts fries around 100 varieties around the clock near Cal Poly, the 24-hour common room where San Luis Obispo studies, flirts and sobers up.
Tip: The bacon maple bar is the 03:00 order; a second SLO shop runs on Higuera Street downtown.
Worth the queue: Bacon maple bar
The Foothill counter of Taqueria Santa Cruz Express hands tacos and foil-heavy burritos over the counter until 22:00 by Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.
Try: Tacos and burritos to go
Tip: It runs later than the Monterey Street original; the salsa bar does the heavy lifting.
California Fresh Market runs a full-service grocery with serious deli, cheese and Central Coast wine walls on Foothill Boulevard in San Luis Obispo.
Tip: The deli case and hot bar make it the picnic supplier for Bishop Peak trailheads five minutes away.
SloDoCo Donuts sells a hundred varieties for pocket change 24 hours a day, San Luis Obispo's cheapest, latest and most democratic institution.
Try: Doughnuts around the clock
Tip: The bacon maple bar is the 03:00 order; a second SLO shop runs on Higuera Street downtown.
Ziggy's proves plant-based fast food can undercut the drive-through in San Luis Obispo, with taquitos and house-patty burgers at counter prices.
Try: Plant-based burgers and taquitos
Tip: The vegan menu is clearly labelled; order the house Ziggy patty over the Impossible if you want the original.
SloDoCo Donuts never closes, frying through the night near Cal Poly while San Luis Obispo studies, sobers up and argues over 100 donut varieties.
Try: Doughnuts and drip coffee
Tip: The bacon maple bar is the 03:00 order; a second SLO shop runs on Higuera Street downtown.