Mee Heng Low Noodle House is a chinese restaurant in Downtown, San Luis Obispo.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Chop suey, Chow mein, Bao
Must 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.
Address: 815 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
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.
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.
San Luis Taqueria grills burritos and enchiladas on Chorro Street until 01:00 on weekends, downtown San Luis Obispo's dependable after-bars kitchen.
Signature: Burritos, Enchiladas
Order: A carnitas burrito, which also happens to be downtown's best 00:30 decision.
Tip: Thursday to Saturday it serves until 01:00, later than nearly every kitchen downtown.
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.
San Luis Taqueria grills burritos and enchiladas on Chorro Street until 01:00 on weekends, downtown San Luis Obispo's dependable after-bars kitchen.
Signature: Burritos, Enchiladas
Order: A carnitas burrito, which also happens to be downtown's best 00:30 decision.
Tip: Thursday to Saturday it serves until 01:00, later than nearly every kitchen downtown.
