Black Sheep Bar & Grill is an american late-night spot in Downtown, San Luis Obispo.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Kitchen hours run later than almost anywhere downtown; Thursday to Saturday it serves until 01:00.
Address: 1117 Chorro Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
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.
Try: Liquid nitrogen ice cream
Tip: Each scoop is frozen to order with liquid nitrogen; go after dinner at Bear & The Wren next door.
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.
Try: Pizza by the slice
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. carves oak-smoked tri-tip until 02:00 three nights every week, easily the most substantial late plate in downtown San Luis Obispo.
Try: Tri-tip plates and pulled pork
Tip: There 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.
Try: Burritos and quesadillas
Tip: Thursday to Saturday it serves until 01:00, later than nearly every kitchen downtown.
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.
Try: Liquid nitrogen ice cream
Tip: Each scoop is frozen to order with liquid nitrogen; go after dinner at Bear & The Wren next door.
SloDoCo Donuts never closes, frying through the night near Cal Poly while San Luis Obispo studies, sobers up and argues over 100 donut varieties.
Try: Doughnuts and drip coffee
Tip: The 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.
Try: Pizza by the slice
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. carves oak-smoked tri-tip until 02:00 three nights every week, easily the most substantial late plate in downtown San Luis Obispo.
Try: Tri-tip plates and pulled pork
Tip: There 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.
Try: Burritos and quesadillas
Tip: Thursday to Saturday it serves until 01:00, later than nearly every kitchen downtown.
