Seeds is a brunch restaurant in Downtown, San Luis Obispo.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Acai bowls, Paninis
Must order: An acai bowl and a pressed juice after the Cerro San Luis hike.
Tip: The Court Street patio catches morning sun; vegan and vegetarian builds are marked across the menu.
Address: 1040 Court Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Corazon Cafe is a family-run counter on Higuera Street pouring Southern Mexican coffee drinks with a rotating Latin brunch menu in San Luis Obispo.
Signature: Cafe de olla, Chilaquiles
Order: Cafe de olla with the rotating Latin breakfast plate.
Tip: The cafe de olla, spiced with cinnamon and piloncillo, is the order that sets it apart downtown.
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.
Del Monte Cafe has run as a family diner in San Luis Obispo's Railroad District since 1981, cooking breakfast through dinner a block from the Amtrak depot.
Signature: Chicken fried steak, Breakfast plates
Order: The breakfast plates before an Amtrak departure two blocks away.
Tip: Sunday service stops at 14:00; on weekdays it is one of the few diners serving dinner.
1865 Craft House & Kitchen pairs modern American plates with a deep Central Coast tap list on Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo's motel-row gastropub.
Signature: Smash burgers, Craft beer flights
Order: A smash burger with a flight of Central Coast taps.
Tip: Weekend brunch starts at 10:30; book ahead if you are bringing a group.
Corazon Cafe is a family-run counter on Higuera Street pouring Southern Mexican coffee drinks with a rotating Latin brunch menu in San Luis Obispo.
Signature: Cafe de olla, Chilaquiles
Order: Cafe de olla with the rotating Latin breakfast plate.
Tip: The cafe de olla, spiced with cinnamon and piloncillo, is the order that sets it apart downtown.
Madonna Inn Copper Cafe serves all-day diner classics under hammered copper and pink leather, with the famous cake case by the door in San Luis Obispo.
Signature: Pink champagne cake, Diner classics
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.
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.
