Madonna Inn Copper Cafe is an american restaurant in Madonna Road, San Luis Obispo.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Pink champagne cake, Diner classics
Must order: Any diner classic followed by pink champagne cake from the bakery case.
Tip: The bakery counter sells whole pink champagne cakes to travel; slices go fastest on weekend evenings.
Address: 100 Madonna Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
Mee Heng Low Noodle House has cooked chop suey on Palm Street since 1927, the last kitchen of San Luis Obispo's once-thriving Chinatown block.
Signature: Chop suey, Chow mein, Bao
Order: Chop suey from the wok, the dish this room has cooked since 1927.
Tip: The Kwong family took over in 2009, the third to run the house since 1927; the Ah Louis Store faces it across Palm Street.
Woodstock's Pizza has fed Cal Poly students at Higuera and Osos for over three decades, the default late slice and pitcher stop in San Luis Obispo.
Signature: Pizza with cornmeal-dusted crust
Order: A large pie on the cornmeal-dusted crust, split over pitchers.
Tip: It serves until midnight most nights and 01:00 on Friday and Saturday, one of the last kitchens open downtown.
Old SLO BBQ Co. smokes Santa Maria-style tri-tip over red oak on Higuera Street, and keeps carving until 02:00 on San Luis Obispo's weekend bar nights.
Signature: Santa Maria-style tri-tip, Ribs
Order: Oak-smoked tri-tip by the plate, with pinquito beans and salsa.
Tip: There is a second counter at 3870 Broad Street; downtown is the late one, open to 02:00 Thursday to Saturday.
High Street Market & Deli has stacked sandwiches in a 1927 corner grocery since before San Luis Obispo had a food scene, with a cult 4:20 pm discount.
Signature: Stacked deli sandwiches
Order: Any signature sando made stoney, which piles on extra ingredients.
Tip: After 16:20 every day the sandwich price drops; students with ID get the deal all day Tuesday.
Lincoln Market & Deli, a 1941 corner store on Broad Street, stacks sandwiches like the Pastrami Sensation for San Luis Obispo families and Cal Poly students.
Signature: Pastrami Sensation, Almost Famous Breakfast Burrito
Order: The Pastrami Sensation on Dutch crunch, plus a fresh-baked cookie.
Tip: Morning pastries come from Back Porch Bakery and the coffee is Joebella; go early for the breakfast burrito.
Taqueria Santa Cruz Express turns out fast al pastor tacos and burritos on Monterey Street, the taqueria San Luis Obispo locals default to on a work night.
Signature: Al pastor tacos, Burritos
Order: Al pastor tacos with everything, plus a horchata.
Tip: The Foothill Boulevard branch at 862 Foothill runs later into the evening for the campus crowd.
