5 late night in San Luis Obispo, editor-picked for food open late at the weekend. Where to eat past midnight on a weekend night. All late night in San Luis Obispo.

SloDoCo Donuts ★ 4.2

Foothill · 793 E Foothill Boulevard, Suite F, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

Hours: Daily 00:00-24:00

SloDoCo Donuts never closes, frying through the night near Cal Poly while San Luis Obispo studies, sobers up and argues over 100 donut varieties.

Tip: The bacon maple bar is the 03:00 order; a second SLO shop runs on Higuera Street downtown.

Old SLO BBQ Co. ★ 4.2

Downtown · 670 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Hours: Sun-Wed 11:00-21:00; Thu-Sat 11:00-02:00

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.

Tip: There is a second counter at 3870 Broad Street; downtown is the late one, open to 02:00 Thursday to Saturday.

Woodstock's Pizza SLO ★ 3.9

Downtown · 1000 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Hours: Sun-Thu 11:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 11:00-01:00

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.

Tip: It serves until midnight most nights and 01:00 on Friday and Saturday, one of the last kitchens open downtown.

San Luis Taqueria ★ 3.8

Downtown · 1032 Chorro Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Hours: Sun 10:00-22:00; Mon-Wed 10:00-22:30; Thu-Sat 10:00-01:00

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.

Tip: Thursday to Saturday it serves until 01:00, later than nearly every kitchen downtown.

Black Sheep Bar & Grill ★ 3.8

Downtown · 1117 Chorro Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Hours: Mon-Wed 11:00-00:00; Thu-Sat 11:00-01:00; Sun 11:00-00:00

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.

Tip: Kitchen hours run later than almost anywhere downtown; Thursday to Saturday it serves until 01:00.