Restaurants

Desire a delicious meal? Chico likely has what you're salivating for. Chico sports unique restaurants that bring flavors from around the world. Some specialize in feeding the fast-moving student population, while others appeal to the discerning slow food crowd. If it is difficult to decide on a restaurant, then you may want to participate in the next Taste of Chico festival. For restaurants that have closed, see Departed Businesses. Also see Cafes, Bars, Cheap Eats, and Vegan and Vegetarian Options. Some Surrounding Communities also have restaurants.

The Random Restaurant Selector recommends that you eat at The Cookie Shoppe.

A note to new users: If you want to write up one of the restaurants, keep a few general guidelines in mind. The main body of the page should have the objective information about the place (location, hours, type of food, what they are best known for, relevant Chico history, etc) and the subjective or opinion information ("the food is gross," "it's overpriced," "the waiters are rude," etc) should be included in the Comments section. Some information could arguably end up in either section, so use your best judgment. Please refer to our page about How to Write an Effective Restaurant Review for more information on reviewing local eateries.

American (U.S.) Traditional Burgers California / Fusion Sandwiches / Delis Breakfast Asian Chinese Indian Japanese/Sushi Korean Thai Vietnamese Other European Basque Italian Pizza Take-and-Bake Spanish Latin American/Tex-Mex/Caribbean Mexican Southwestern/Tex-Mex Mediterranean / Middle-Eastern Greek Fast Food Burgers Chinese Japanese Mexican Other Fine Dining Coffee / Cafes Dessert Donuts Ice Cream Other

American (U.S.)

Traditional

• 33 Steaks, Booze & Jazz

• Big Al's Drive In
  

• Burgers and Brew — Coming soon
  

• CJ's Last Chance Diner
  

• Cozy Diner
  

• Denny's
  

• Five and Eye
  

• The Graduate
  

• Hometown Buffet
  

• Jack's Restaurant
  

• Kalico Kitchen
  

• King's Catch
  

• Leon Bistro
  

• Logan's Roadhouse
  

• Madison Bear Garden
  

• Marie Callender's
  

• Oasis Bar and Grill
  

• Old Town Rootbeer
  

• Outback Steakhouse
  

• Panama's Bar & Cafe
  

• Pelican's Roost
  

• Red Lobster
  

• Russell's Restaurant
  

• Sharon's Inn
  

• Sierra Nevada Taproom & Restaurant
  

• Sin of Cortez
  

• Smokin Mo's Barbecue

Burgers

• Big Al's Drive-In
  

• Big Chico Burger
  

• Burger Hut
  

• In-N-Out Burger
  

• Madison Bear Garden
  

• Nobby's
  

• Yummy Yummy

California / Fusion

• Broadway Heights
  

• Grilla Bites
  

• Nash's
  

• Pluto's
  

• Upper Crust Bakery

Sandwiches / Delis

• Beach Hut Deli
  

• Bustolini's Delicatessen
  

• Candi's Deli
  

• Cheese Steak Shop
  

• Chico Locker and Sausage
  

• Crazy Dog
  

• The Dog House
  

• EJ's Dogs & Subs
  

• Great Harvest Bread Company
  

• Kathy's Deli
  

• Kinder's Meats and Deli
  

• Kona's Deli
  

• Mr Pickle's Sandwich Shop
  

• Pita Pit
  

• Pluto's
  

• Quizno's
  

• Scrappy Dog
  

• Spiteri's Deli
  

• Sub Station
  

• Subway
  

• Togo's
  

• Zot's Hot Dogs

Breakfast

See also Champagne Brunch

• The Breakfast Buzz (formerly Hurly's California Bar & Grill)
  

• Brooklyn Bridge Bagel Works
  

• Cafe Coda
  

• Caffe Ricci
  

• Country Waffles
  

• The Golden Waffle
  

• IHOP
  

• Morning Thunder Cafe
  

• Nash's
  

• The Roost Cafe
  

• Scrambles
  

• Sin of Cortez

Asian

Chinese

• Chan Pheng's

• Chang Hing House
  

• Flavor Falls Oriental Cuisine
  

• Ginger's
  

• Happy Garden
  

• Kwando
  

• Peeking Chinese Restaurant
  

• Peter Chu's
  

• Rice Bowl
  

• Tong Fong Low
  

• Turandot
  

• Windy's
  

• Wok In
  

• Wok 'N Roll

Indian

• Guzzetti's Catering & Indian Food
  

• Priya Indian Cuisine
  

• Star of India

Japanese/Sushi

• Annie's Asian Grill
  

• Gen Kai
  

• Japanese Blossoms
  

• Ojiya Steakhouse & Sushi
  

• The Raw Bar
  

• Rice Bowl
  

• Big Tuna Sushi

Korean

• Annie's Asian Grill

Thai

• Chada Thai
  

• Cocodine Thai
  

• House of Bamboo
  

• Sophia's Thai Cuisine
  

• Thai Basil

Vietnamese

• Pho C&C

Other

• Hula's Mongolian BBQ

European

Basque

• Basque Norte

Italian

• Angelo's Cucina Trinacria
  

• Caffe Malvina
  

• California Pasta Productions
  

• Enrico's
  

• Franky's
  

• Fortunatto's
  

• Italian Cottage
  

• Olive Garden
  

• Original Pete's
  

• Sicilian Cafe
  

• Sicilian Market & Cafe

Pizza

• Celestino's Live From New York
  

• Celestino's Pasta & Pizza
  

• Chuck E. Cheese's
  

• Domino's
  

• Fatte's Pizza
  

• Left Coast Pizza
  

• Little Caesars
  

• Mad Dash
  

• Main Street Pizza
  

• Monstros Pizza
  

• Mountain Mike's
  

• Pizza Factory
  

• Pizza Guys
  

• Rico's Pizza
  

• Round Table
  

• Sbarro
  

• Shasta Pizza Company
  

• Woodstock's Pizza
  

Take-and-Bake

• Papa Murphy's

Spanish

• Leonardo's

Latin American/Tex-Mex/Caribbean

Mexican

• Aca Taco (Broadway and Nord locations)

• Adanberto's
  

• Amigos de Acapulco
  

• Casa Ramos
  

• Chronic Tacos
  

• El Indio
  

• El Patron
  

• El Tamborazo
  

• La Cantera
  

• La Cocina Economica
  

• La Comida
  

• La Familia
  

• La Hacienda
  

• Los Gordos
  

• Mariscos Ixtapa Seafood & Grill
  

• Ricardo's
  

• Rosarito's Tamales
  

• Speedy Burrito
  

• Super Taqueria Willy
  

• Tacos Cortez
  

• Tacos de Acapulco
  

• Tacos Villa Acapulco
  

• Teddy Malibu's
  

• Tortilla Flats

Southwestern/Tex-Mex

• Chili's
  

• Tres Hombres
  

• Applebee's

Mediterranean / Middle-Eastern

• Petra Mediterranean Cuisine
  

• Pita Pit
  

• Sultan's Bistro
  

Greek

• Sultan's Bistro

Fast Food

Burgers

• Burger King

• Carl's Jr.
  

• Dairy Queen
  

• Jack in the Box
  

• McDonald's
  

• In-N-Out Burger
  

• Wendy's
  

Chinese

• Din Ho Chinese

• Egg Roll King
  

• Panda Express
  

Japanese

• Teriyaki House

Mexican

Also see Taco Trucks.

• Adanberto's
  

• Chipotle
  

• Green Burrito
  

• La Salsa
  

• Taco Bell
  

• Tacos Tonaya #2
  

Other

• KFC

• Mad Dash

Fine Dining

• 33 Steaks Booze and Jazz
  

• 5th Street Steak House
  

• Basque Norte
  

• Christian Michaels Ristorante
  

• Crush (formerly Crush 201)
  

• The Gooney Bird
  

• Johnnie's Restaurant
  

• Leon Bistro
  

• Red Tavern
  

• Sicilian Cafe
  

• Spice Creek Cafe

Coffee / Cafes

See also Cafes.

• Augie's
  

• Bellachino's
  

• Bidwell Perk
  

• Cafe Coda
  

• Cafe Flo
  

• Cafe Paulo
  

• Caffe Ricci
  

• Chocolate Mystique Cafe
  

• Coffee on Shasta
  

• Common Grounds
  

• Dixon Ranch Cafe
  

• Empire Coffee
  

• Euro Cafe
  

• Has Beans
  

• Higher Ground
  

• Mondo's Cafe
  

• T. Tea Bar & Fusion Cafe
  

• The Naked Lounge * undergoing a name change
  

• Peet's Coffee and Tea
  

• Starbucks
  

• Upper Crust Bakery

Dessert

Donuts

• Donut Nook

• Helen's Donut Nook
  

• Master's Donuts

Ice Cream

• Baskin Robbins
  

• Ben & Jerry's
  

• Cold Stone Creamery
  

• Jon & Bons Yogurt Shoppe
  

• Shubert's
  

• Powell's Sweet Shoppe Mostly Candy but with large selection of Gelato
  

Other

• Chocolate Mystique Cafe

• The Cookie Shoppe
  

• Jamba Juice