Where to eat in San Luis Obispo after midnight, and the classic 2am move.
Where to eat in San Luis Obispo after midnight. kitchens that keep going, post-bar staples and the classic 2am move.
SloDoCo Donuts never closes, frying through the night near Cal Poly while San Luis Obispo studies, sobers up and argues over 100 donut varieties.
TryDoughnuts and drip coffee
TipThe bacon maple bar is the 03:00 order; a second SLO shop runs on Higuera Street downtown.
Woodstock's Pizza serves slices until midnight or later at Higuera and Osos, the closing act of most San Luis Obispo nights out since the 1980s.
TryPizza by the slice
TipIt serves until midnight most nights and 01:00 on Friday and Saturday, one of the last kitchens open downtown.
Old SLO BBQ Co. carves oak-smoked tri-tip until 02:00 three nights every week, easily the most substantial late plate in downtown San Luis Obispo.
TryTri-tip plates and pulled pork
TipThere is a second counter at 3870 Broad Street; downtown is the late one, open to 02:00 Thursday to Saturday.
San Luis Taqueria hands over foil-wrapped burritos until 01:00 on weekend nights, the after-bars ritual of Chorro Street in San Luis Obispo.
TryBurritos and quesadillas
TipThursday to Saturday it serves until 01:00, later than nearly every kitchen downtown.
Black Sheep Bar & Grill grills burgers to midnight and beyond on Chorro Street, the rare San Luis Obispo bar with a real kitchen at closing time.
TryBurgers and garlic fries
TipKitchen hours run later than almost anywhere downtown; Thursday to Saturday it serves until 01:00.
Nite Creamery freezes dessert to order until 22:00 every night in the Creamery yard, San Luis Obispo's default stop between dinner and the bars.
TryLiquid nitrogen ice cream
TipEach scoop is frozen to order with liquid nitrogen; go after dinner at Bear & The Wren next door.
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