Where to eat, district by district
Each neighbourhood page lists every restaurant, bar, market and bakery we cover there.
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Downtown
67 places
Higuera and Chorro Streets hold the restaurants, bars and the Thursday night farmers' market, all walkable in fifteen minutes.
- South Broad 8 places The maker corridor along Broad and South Higuera: Bread Bike's mill, morning-only bakeries, roasters and breweries.
- Upper Monterey 8 places Motel row hides real finds: 1865 Craft House taps, Field Day Coffee, Hungry Mother's banh mi and a family chocolate workshop.
- Foothill 7 places The Cal Poly edge of town, where SloDoCo fries around the clock and taquerias and grocers cater to student hours.
- Railroad District 7 places Brunch country by the Amtrak depot: Sally Loo's, Bon Temps and High Street Deli feed the old workers' quarter.
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Edna Valley
6 places
Vines begin where Broad Street ends: Tolosa, Chamisal, Wolff and Claiborne & Churchill pour ten minutes from downtown.
- Madonna Road 6 places The pink Madonna Inn rules this exit: oak-pit steaks, champagne cake, the Saturday farmers' market and a French bakery.
- Tank Farm 5 places The airport-side quarter holds SLO Public Market's food hall, taprooms and food-truck yards spread between business parks.
