The Downtown location of the Tijuana-style taqueria on South Spring Street in the Historic Core, serving adobada, carne asada and mushroom tacos on house tortillas. It is one of several locations the group has grown to; this is the Downtown one. Counter service, quick.
The Downtown branch of the taqueria known for braised-guisado tacos on hand-pressed corn tortillas, on South Spring Street in the Historic Core. It runs late on weekend nights, later than most of the block. Order the sampler if you cannot choose. Counter service.
A hand-roll bar on South Main Street from the team behind Sugarfish, serving warm seaweed rolls made to order at a counter. The format is fast and focused: a set of rolls, eaten as they are made. Expect a wait at peak times; it moves quickly.
A specialty coffee bar in the Spring Arcade building on South Spring Street, from the Santa Cruz roaster. It is one of two Verve locations in Downtown, the other on Mateo Street in the Arts District. Standard hours are all day, every day. A calm place to sit in the middle of the Historic Core.
A public market on Broadway that has been feeding Downtown since 1917. Roughly three dozen independent food stalls operate under one roof, ranging from decades-old counters to recent arrivals, and the mix changes often enough that regulars still find something new. The market keeps its own opening hours, but each vendor sets its own, so…
A large independent bookseller occupying the ground floor of a former bank building on Spring Street, dealing in both new and used books alongside vinyl. The upper level holds the labyrinth of art spaces and the book arch that account for most of the photographs taken here. The Downtown store is the original; the company…