Falafel's Drive-In ★ 4.5
Falafel's Drive-In in San Jose is the 1966 Stevens Creek landmark on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, serving crisp falafel in pita with tahini sauce.
Try: California-style falafel sandwich
Vendors, food trucks and stalls: the cheapest, fastest, frequently best food in San Jose.
Don't-miss vendors
La Victoria Taqueria (San Carlos St) ★ 4.2
La Victoria Taqueria in San Jose is the East San Carlos Street 24-hour SJSU staple famous for the tangy orange hot sauce that regulars pour on everything.
Try: Burrito with orange sauce
Banh Mi Oven ★ 4.3
Banh Mi Oven in San Jose is the Story Road shop that bakes its baguettes fresh and loads them with pork belly, bulgogi or honey-lemongrass chicken fillings.
Try: Oven-baked pork belly banh mi
Thien Huong Sandwiches and Bakery ★ 4.1
Thien Huong Sandwiches and Bakery in San Jose is the Story Road dawn-to-dusk banh mi shop known for cash-only BBQ pork sandwiches at $7.50 a piece.
Try: BBQ pork banh mi
Con Sabor a Mexico ★ 4.3
Con Sabor a Mexico in San Jose is the downtown truck credited with bringing quesabirria to the city, serving arm-length birria tacos dripping with consomme.
Try: Birria tacos
Tacos Los Tres Reyes ★ 4.3
Tacos Los Tres Reyes in San Jose is the Story Road truck stand serving carne asada, al pastor and birria with a self-serve salsa bar open into the night.
Try: Al pastor and birria tacos
Tacos Chencho ★ 4.2
Tacos Chencho in San Jose is the cash-only evening taco stand on Story Road offering $2 al pastor tacos with housemade salsas and freshly squeezed horchata.
Try: Al pastor tacos
Spartan Taco Truck ★ 4.0
Spartan Taco Truck in San Jose is the SJSU-adjacent late-night truck near William Street serving crispy super tacos and carne asada well past midnight.
Try: Crispy spartan super tacos
Tacos Santiaguito ★ 4.2
Tacos Santiaguito in San Jose is the Saratoga Avenue evening truck drawing West Side regulars for al pastor shaved from the trompo with pineapple.
Try: Tacos al pastor with pineapple
Los Tacos De La Esquina CDMX ★ 4.0
Los Tacos De La Esquina CDMX in San Jose is the evening Story Road taco truck offering Mexico City-style quesabirria and burritos from the East Side corner.
Try: Quesabirria tacos
Delicias Juquilita Mexican Food ★ 4.2
Delicias Juquilita in San Jose is the Alum Rock Avenue food truck serving well-seasoned carne asada tortas and tacos with housemade salsa to the East Side.
Try: Carne asada torta
Tacos y Birria El Chore ★ 4.3
Tacos y Birria El Chore in San Jose is the Hillsdale truck fusing slow-simmered birria with ramen noodles alongside traditional consomme-dipped tacos.
Try: Birria ramen and birria tacos
Orale Taco Truck ★ 3.9
Orale Taco Truck in San Jose is the Alum Rock late-night standby open until 03:00 on weekends with carne asada tacos and strawberry horchata.
Try: Carne asada tacos