Top 74 Food Places in California, According To "Survey"

Top 74 Food Places in California

Think of this as a "Food Joint Of The Month" contest. Except here, a jury didn't get to choose who gets what. This time, we allowed all the 39,140,219 people living in California to be jurors by picking up various signals they created, including reviews, online & offline sentiment metrics, citations, Google search result rankings, links between websites, brand mentions, social media activity, and more.

Essentially, this competition focuses on the love of food, combined with the passion for cooking and sharing culinary creations with others. We discovered and reviewed all 4,146 food places in California, then shortlisted 74 (restaurants, diners, cafeterias, drive-thrus, food trucks, fast foods, etc.). Finally, we ranked them based on their food quality, service, atmosphere, value for money, customer feedback, and overall impression.

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Updated: May 13, 2025

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Food places, ranked by the good people of California

Rank	Domain	PopulationServed	Visibility	AveragePosition	Cities	Pages	Rankings	ZIPs	Top3	Top10
#1	food-la.com	675,550	1.7%	96.3	30	2	92	92	1	42
#2	truefoodkitchen.com	138,035	0.4%	94.6	109	10	176	175	0	1
#3	sandiegorestaurantweek.com	130,967	0.3%	98.2	20	2	60	56	0	7
#4	outback.com	121,339	0.3%	84.0	482	7	767	767	0	0
#5	santabarbaraca.com	119,096	0.3%	100.2	9	3	17	17	0	10
#6	wienerschnitzel.com	104,596	0.3%	81.2	459	57	607	606	0	0
#7	sftravel.com	99,220	0.3%	99.1	11	2	38	38	0	15
#8	saharagrill.com	98,003	0.3%	83.0	1042	1	1398	1398	0	0
#9	redlobster.com	90,361	0.2%	88.2	510	2	756	756	0	0
#10	bucadibeppo.com	90,155	0.2%	85.4	1025	12	1353	1353	0	0
#11	texasroadhouse.com	85,624	0.2%	84.5	795	9	1002	1002	0	0
#12	99restaurants.com	80,391	0.2%	85.2	718	1	951	951	0	0
#13	peiwei.com	78,115	0.2%	86.9	977	6	1234	1234	0	0
#14	lemonadela.com	76,050	0.2%	92.2	290	1	471	471	0	0
#15	downtowngrid.com	72,334	0.2%	99.0	13	1	40	40	0	5
#16	restauranteur.com	71,032	0.2%	99.8	14	3	22	22	0	18
#17	plantpowerfastfood.com	69,899	0.2%	90.9	363	1	478	478	0	3
#18	shirinrestaurant.com	65,548	0.2%	88.7	945	1	1152	1152	0	0
#19	eatpdq.com	65,506	0.2%	88.5	691	1	883	883	0	0
#20	palmspringslife.com	65,104	0.2%	100.4	11	7	15	14	0	6
#21	giorgiositalianfood.com	59,983	0.2%	99.1	13	2	41	41	0	0
#22	skylinechili.com	58,084	0.1%	90.1	734	1	908	908	0	0
#23	bolay.com	56,886	0.1%	89.3	437	1	536	536	0	0
#24	santamariavalley.com	56,226	0.1%	100.7	3	1	5	5	0	5
#25	irvinespectrumcenter.com	54,820	0.1%	100.4	3	2	16	11	0	11
#26	sonomamag.com	51,974	0.1%	99.3	31	8	39	36	1	5
#27	pfchangs.com	50,600	0.1%	93.8	225	24	306	306	0	1
#28	buzzfeed.com	50,374	0.1%	95.5	51	1	122	122	0	0
#29	islandsrestaurants.com	49,975	0.1%	96.0	60	37	136	135	0	0
#30	caferunner.com	46,519	0.1%	100.2	15	9	18	17	0	7
#31	aladdins.com	46,265	0.1%	91.1	376	1	457	457	0	0
#32	rubios.com	43,409	0.1%	93.0	701	52	782	782	0	0
#33	curryupnow.com	41,885	0.1%	95.2	253	2	329	329	0	9
#34	indiasgrill.com	41,746	0.1%	100.1	13	3	20	20	0	5
#35	ckkabob.com	41,436	0.1%	99.8	29	11	55	54	0	7
#36	lafoodbowl.com	39,541	0.1%	95.8	65	1	134	134	0	0
#37	lazydogrestaurants.com	39,335	0.1%	96.5	83	22	138	138	0	1
#38	goldencorral.com	38,326	0.1%	96.6	305	6	395	395	0	0
#39	sanjosemex.com	36,847	0.1%	99.3	10	1	36	36	0	0
#40	surfcityusa.com	36,042	0.1%	100.7	2	2	6	5	0	6
#41	streetfoodcinema.com	32,996	0.1%	97.0	70	5	142	142	0	0
#42	winecountry.com	32,923	0.1%	100.2	13	3	15	15	0	7
#43	wokcanorestaurant.com	32,224	0.1%	100.0	9	5	23	23	0	3
#44	eurekarestaurantgroup.com	31,666	0.1%	95.6	75	19	133	133	0	1
#45	flysfo.com	31,028	0.1%	99.2	11	1	38	38	0	0
#46	threebestrated.com	30,819	0.1%	97.1	63	56	108	107	0	0
#47	shorelinevillage.com	29,922	0.1%	100.4	1	1	12	12	0	0
#48	pickupstix.com	29,882	0.1%	98.4	37	23	64	64	0	0
#49	lolitasmexicanfood.com	29,241	0.1%	99.6	15	2	44	44	0	1
#50	maggianos.com	28,866	0.1%	97.8	162	14	211	211	0	2
#51	urbanplates.com	28,296	0.1%	99.1	20	16	46	46	0	0
#52	shopthemarketplace.com	26,608	0.1%	100.3	4	1	13	13	0	2
#53	marinadeonmain.com	25,416	0.1%	100.9	1	1	1	1	0	1
#54	josesmexicanfood.com	25,182	0.1%	96.7	163	3	195	195	0	11
#55	sombreromex.com	24,898	0.1%	98.2	68	7	107	107	0	0
#56	lajolla.com	23,834	0.1%	100.9	1	1	1	1	0	1
#57	flamebroilerusa.com	23,666	0.1%	98.8	63	49	107	106	0	0
#58	cohnrestaurants.com	23,343	0.1%	98.1	26	9	82	82	0	0
#59	chulavistacenter.com	22,423	0.1%	100.6	2	2	8	8	0	2
#60	hickoryranch.com	21,665	0.1%	100.9	1	1	1	1	0	1
#61	noburestaurants.com	21,339	0.1%	97.9	30	5	75	75	0	0
#62	unclejulios.com	21,081	0.1%	96.4	476	1	499	499	0	0
#63	offthegrid.com	20,958	0.1%	98.2	23	4	81	81	0	3
#64	foodtalkcentral.com	20,882	0.1%	99.4	60	2	103	103	0	1
#65	donapa.com	20,572	0.1%	100.7	4	1	5	5	0	3
#66	pointrichmond.com	20,184	0.1%	100.7	4	1	6	6	0	3
#67	lamphuthai.com	19,989	0.1%	100.7	5	1	7	7	0	2
#68	smartfoodservice.com	19,904	0.1%	96.3	74	17	116	116	0	0
#69	rangeroseville.com	19,764	0.1%	100.7	3	1	5	5	0	2
#70	mystic-grill.com	19,378	0.0%	98.7	21	1	61	61	0	0
#71	cafe-21.com	18,951	0.0%	98.6	24	1	59	59	0	0
#72	beyondmenu.com	18,929	0.0%	97.9	221	50	224	224	0	0
#73	waiter.com	18,869	0.0%	98.6	23	11	69	65	0	0
#74	benihana.com	18,555	0.0%	98.0	160	12	190	190	0	0

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