280+ Restaurants that Take EBT in California (2022) - California Food Stamps Help (2023)

(Last updated on 4/15/22)

If you currently live in the state of California and receive CalFresh benefits, we have great news! There are restaurants that take EBT in California. Your CalFresh EBT Card or Golden State Advantage card can be used at select restaurants and fast food places if you meet the eligibility criteria. In this post, we will explain in detail how the Restaurant Meals Program (RMP) works and how you can qualify to use your EBT at these restaurants.

In addition, we will provide you a complete list of fast food places and restaurants that accept CalFresh EBT for 2021.

However, first, we are going to explain what the California Restaurant Meals program is about and which counties are participating.

Second, we will explain the requirements for the RMP and how you can use your CalFresh EBT at these restaurants.

Finally, we will provide you a complete list of restaurants that take EBT in California, broken down by county.

All you need to do is scroll down and find the county where you live or a nearby county that has the meals program.

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This post will cover:

• What is CalFresh?
• California Restaurant Meals Program
• How to use your EBT Card at Restaurants
• Restaurants that Take EBT in California by County

What is CalFresh?

CalFresh is the name for the California Food Stamps program. It is also known as SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program).

The SNAP program is a federal nutrition program that helps people with low income buy healthy food.

SNAP benefits can be used to purchase food at grocery stores, convenience stores, and some farmers’ markets and co-op food programs.

The CalFresh program is a nutrition program. It is not a welfare cash assistance program (which is called TANF).

Also,you do not have tobe receiving TANF to get CalFresh.

Furthermore, CalFresh is a federal entitlement program. This means anyone who is eligible will receivebenefits. You will not be taking away benefits from someone else if you apply.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees SNAP at the federal level.

In California, the program is managed by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS).

If approved for CalFresh, you can getup to$204 a month per household member on an EBT card.

To apply for CalFresh, see our post on How to Apply for California SNAP Benefits.

California Restaurant Meals Program

The Restaurant Meals Program (RMP) allows CalFresh recipients who are 60 years of age or older, disabled, or homeless to use their CalFresh benefits to purchase lower-cost prepared meals at approved participating restaurants in certain counties.

If you fit one of the groups described above, you can use your CalFresh California EBT card at select restaurants and fast-food chains throughout the state.

Currently, the restaurant meals program is active in the following counties:

• Alameda
• Fresno
• Los Angeles
• Mariposa
• Monterey
• Orange
• Riverside
• Sacramento
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• San Luis Obispo
• Santa Clara
• Santa Cruz
• Siskiyou
• Tehama
• Ventura

Restaurant Meals Program Requirements

To use your Golden State Advantage EBT Card at restaurants and fast-food chains in Los Angeles, you must first meet certain requirements.

To be eligible for the Restaurant Meals Program, you must:

• Be currently enrolled and receiving CalFresh benefits
• Have an active California EBT Card
• Be homeless, elderly (age 60 or older), or disabled

If you do not meet the requirements listed above, you are not eligible to use your California EBT Card at restaurants and fast-food chains.

How to use your EBT Card at Restaurants

Using your EBT Card to purchase hot meals at restaurants and fast food locations is easy.

Here’s what you do:

1. Find a participating restaurant or fast-food chain near you. Eligible locations will display the Restaurant Meals sign (pictured below).
2. Purchase hot meals – breakfast, lunch, or dinner at the restaurant by using your California EBT Card at checkout.
3. Follow the instructions and enter your 4-digit EBT Card PIN to complete your purchase.
4. Get your receipt to see the remaining balance on your EBT Card CalFresh benefits account.

Restaurants that Take EBT in California by County

We have listed below the restaurants that take EBT in California by County.

Scroll down to find your county or a nearby county and see the restaurants in that county that accept EBT.

Alameda County Restaurant Meals Program

Here are the restaurants that accept CalFresh EBT in Alameda County:

Carl’s Jr.
871 Marina Village Pkwy. Alameda, CA 94501

Carl’s Jr.
3770 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 94690

Pizza Hut
2617 Decoto Rd. Union City, CA 94587

El Torero Taqueria
5801 International Blvd. Oakland CA 94621

Jamba Juice
3962 Mowry Ave. Fremont CA 94538

Los Angeles County Restaurant Meals Program

Here are the restaurants that accept CalFresh EBT in the county of Los Angeles.

For a more detailed list, including addresses and phone numbers, see our post on Restaurants that accept CalFresh in LA County.

Note: Before you visit a particular restaurant below, call that location to make sure they participate in the Restaurant Meals Progam (RMP).

That is because not all locations of a particular chain of restaurants may be participating in the RMP.

• A & T Burgers
• Ameci Pizza and Pasta
• Angelo’s Burger
• Arby’s
• Art’s Famous Chili Dog
• B & R’s Old Fashion Burger
• Baby Brother Pizza
• Banh Mi Che Cali
• Bayou Grille
• BBQ King
• Big Al’s Pizza
• Bobo’s Hamburger
• Bonnie Smoking BBQ
• Bravo’s Burger
• Broadway Food Corner
• Brother’s BBQ
• Burger King
• Burger Zone
• Café Creole
• California Cheeseburgers
• California Steak & Fries
• Campus Kitchen
• Captain Tony’s Pizza & Pasta
• Carl’s Jr
• Carnitas Michoacán
• Ceiba Restaurant
• China Beauty Food Express
• Chinatown Express
• Cliff’s Texas Style Burritos
• Corner Kafe
• Covina Burgers
• Cypress Best Burgers
• D’s Original Take Out Grill
• Daily Donuts House
• Del Taco
• Deli Robert’s Pizza
• Denny’s
• Diana’s Mexican Food Restaurant
• Dino’s Burgers
• Dino’s Charbroiled Burgers
• Dominguez Pizza
• Dominos Pizza
• Downtown Catch 21
• El Huero
• El Merendero
• El Merendero Bakery
• El Merendero Restaurant
• El Pollo Loco
• El Salsabor
• Every Table
• Express Burger
• Fabulous Grill
• Fair Oaks Burger
• Fantasy Burgers
• Fatburger
• Fatburger & Buffalo’s Express
• Food for Life
• Flames X-Press Charbroiled Burgers
• Flip It Café
• Fred Down Home Burger
• Fresh and Meaty Burgers
• Freudian Sips
• Frosty King Burgers and Shakes
• Garduno’s
• Geronimo’s and Bamboo Terrace
• Golden Bird Chicken
• Golden Seafood Express & Hamburger
• Good Day Donuts & Mini Mart
• Goody’s Pizza
• Granny’s Kitchen
• Green Apple Grill
• Guido’s Pizza and Pasta
• Hawkins House of Burgers
• Hola Polla
• Hamburger Dan’s
• Honey’s Kettle Fried Chicken
• Hong Kong Express
• Hot Cazuelas
• Hungry Boy Burgers
• J & J BBQ Fish
• Jack in the Box
• JN’s Original BBQ Pit House
• John’s Burgers
• John’s Drive-in Hamburger
• Jordan’s Hot Dogs
• Kentucky Fried Chicken
• Kimbob & Ketta’s Louisiana Snoballs
• La Pizza Loca
• La Taquiza
• LA Harbor College Campus Cafeteria
• LA Mission College
• LA Trade Technical College Campus Cafeteria
• LOCOL
• Louis Burgers
• Louis Place Burgers
• Louisiana Famous Fried Chicken
• Louisiana Fried Chicken & Chinese Food
• Louisiana Fried Chicken & Fish Market
• Louisiana Hometown Seafood Fish and Taco
• Lucy’s Bakery
• Mama’s Chicken
• Mama’s International Tamales
• Maples Restaurant
• Margarita’s Place
• Marjoe’s Soul Food and Grill
• McDonald’s
• Master Burger
• Melo Burgers
• Michael’s Super Burgers
• Monster Burger
• New Hong Kong Chinese Express
• Original Louis Burgers
• Pacific Dining East LA College
• Pacific Dining LA Pierce College
• Pacific Dining LA Valley College
• Pacific Dining Los Angeles City College
• Pacific-Dining West Los Angeles College
• Pacific Restaurant
• Papa John’s
• Paradise Pastry & Café
• Perry Burger
• Pizza Hut
• Pollo Campero
• Popeye’s Chicken
• Primo Burgers
• R & J Southern Home Cook
• Rally’s Hamburger
• Randolph’s Smoke House
• RC Burgers
• Rio Meat Market & Restaurant
• Roman’s Pizza
• Rosita’s Panaderia and Restaurant
• Sam’s Burgers & Fast Food
• Sam’s Tacos
• Sana Food
• Smokin Telle’s BBQ & Grill
• Soul Food Kitchen
• Subrositas Pupusas
• Subway
• Taco Pete
• Tai Pan Chinese Fast Food
• Tam’s Burgers
• Ted’s Place
• The Arbor Grill
• The Best Burger
• The Marketplace
• The Pub Sports Grill
• The White House
• Tom’s Jr
• Tottino’s Pizza & Louisiana Fried Chicken
• Troy’s Burger
• Twins Smokehouse BBQ
• Valentino’s Pizza
• Vallarta Supermarkets
• Watt’s Burgers
• Wendy’s
• Wienerschnitzel
• Wing N Stuff
• Wing Stop
• Wok on the Wild Side
• Yoshinoya Beef Bowl

Orange County Restaurant Meals Program

Here are the restaurants that accept CalFresh EBT in Orange County.

For a more detailed list, including addresses and phone numbers, see our post on Restaurants that accept CalFresh in Orange County.

Note: Before you visit a particular restaurant below, call that location to make sure they participate in the Restaurant Meals Progam (RMP).

That is because not all locations of a particular chain of restaurants may be participating in the RMP.

• Café Cultura
• Cali Veggie Restaurant
• Del Taco
• Domino’s
• El Pollo Loco
• Guadalajara Meat Market
• Jack In The Box
• Jack in the Box
• Kentucky Fried Chicken
• Kerostena Mediteranian Grill
• Lee’s Sandwiches
• Long Hai Restaurant
• McDonald’s
• Olligo Grill
• Pizza Hut
• Rose’s Sugar Shack
• Round Table Pizza
• Subway
• Teddy’s Café (Teriyaki, Burger & Sushi)
• Waba Grill
• Wendy’s
• Yoshinoya

Riverside County Restaurant Meals Program

Here are the restaurants that accept CalFresh EBT in Orange County.

For a more detailed list, including addresses and phone numbers, see our post on Restaurants that accept CalFresh in Riverside County.

Note: Before you visit a particular restaurant below, call that location to make sure they participate in the Restaurant Meals Progam (RMP).

That is because not all locations of a particular chain of restaurants may be participating in the RMP.

• Del Taco
• Denny’s
• El Pollo Loco
• Fuego 360
• Jack In The Box
• La Villa Burgers
• McDonald’s
• Papa John’s Pizza
• Pizza Hut
• Pizza Rev
• Popeye’s
• Red Maple Pizza
• Sombrero Mexican Food
• Southern Belle Café
• Yoshinoya Beef Bowl

Ventura County Restaurant Meals Program

We have listed below the restaurants that accept CalFresh EBT inVenturaCounty, CA by City.

Scroll down to find your city or a nearby city and see which restaurants in that county accept CalFresh EBT.

Camarillo

Johnny Rockets
640 E. Ventura Blvd #1201
Camarillo, CA 93010
Telephone – 805-383-1888

Pizza Man Dan’s #28
2390 Las Posas Rd
Camarillo, CA 93010
Telephone – 805-658-6666

Subway #1298
706 Arneill Rd
Camarillo, CA 93010
Telephone – 805-987-4511

Subway #26679
415 W. Ventura Blvd #300
Camarillo, CA 93010
Telephone – 805-987-7661

Thai-Peru
5021 Verdugo Way #109
Camarillo, CA 93012
Telephone – 805-384-0965

Wingstop #1063
2508 Las Posas Rd
Camarillo, CA 93010
Telephone – 805-484-9464

Newbury Park

Jack In The Box #5444
917 Academy Dr
Newbury Park, CA 91320
Telephone – 805-241-4932

Moorpark

Subway #25089
4227 Tierra Rejada Rd #B
Moorpark, CA 93021
Telephone – 805-532-1501

Pizza Man Dan’s #27
144 W. Los Angeles Ave
Moorpark, CA 93021
Telephone – 805-658-6666

Ojai

Subway #3418
11420 N. Ventura Ave #101
Ojai, CA 93023
Telephone – 805-649-1755

Oxnard

Jack In The Box #3353
550 S. Victoria Ave
Oxnard, CA 93035
Telephone – 805-985-2420

Jack In The Box #3252
960 N. Ventura Rd
Oxnard, CA 93030
Telephone – 805-485-8959

Pizza Man Dan’s #22
450 S. Victoria Ave
Oxnard, CA 93030
Telephone – 805-658-6666

Piara Pizza
1411 W. Channel Islands Blvd
Oxnard, CA 93033
Telephone – 805-394-0014

Subway #38485
1941 N. Rose Ave #600
Oxnard, CA 93036
Telephone – 805-981-0635

Subway #29287
200 N. Del Norte Blvd #B
Oxnard, CA 93030
Telephone – 805-485-6220

Port Huneme

Pizza Man Dan’s #24
307 Port Hueneme Rd
Port Huneme, CA 93041
Telephone – 805-658-6666

Santa Paula

Los Arcos Restaurant
978 E. Main St
Santa Paula, CA 93060
Telephone – 805-525-8697

Simi Valley

Subway
2091 Madera Rd #B
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Telephone – 805-955-9232

Jack In The Box #3540
130 Cochran St
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Telephone – 805-955-0799

Jack In The Box #3281
1579 E. Los Angeles Ave
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Telephone – 805-520-1666

Subway #1854
1947 Erringer Rd
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Telephone – 805-582-0242

Numero Uno Pizza #22
1960 Sequoia Ave #6
Simi Valley, CA 93063
Telephone – 805-522-2586

Wingstop #1370
2655 Tapo Canyon Rd #D
Simi Valley, CA 93063
Telephone – 805-520-9464

Subway #33682
5827 E. Los Angeles Ave
Simi Valley, CA 93063
Telephone – 805-579-1586

Jack In The Box #3365
5798 E. Los Angeles Ave
Simi Valley, CA 93063
Telephone – 805-526-2440

Thousand Oaks

Jack In The Box #351
484 N. Moorpark Rd
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Telephone – 805-495-7874

Ventura

Subway
51 W. Main St #C
Ventura, CA 93001
Telephone – 805-652-1354

Subway #5671
2790 E. Thompson Blvd #A
Ventura, CA 93003
Telephone – 805-658-0196

Subway #6057
7770 Telegraph Rd #C
Ventura, CA 93004
Telephone – 805-659-2177

Taqueria Ventura Dona Raquel
1001 N. Ventura Ave
Ventura, CA 93001
Telephone – 805-667-8688

Pizza Man Dan’s #23
444 E. Santa Clara St
Ventura, CA 93001
Telephone – 805-658-6666

Pizza Man Dan’s #21
1413 S. Victoria Ave
Ventura, CA 93003
Telephone – 805-658-6666

Mai’s Café
1967 E. Main St
Ventura, CA 93001
Telephone – 805-652-2061

Restaurants that Take EBT in California Summary

Here’s the bottom line:

The California Restaurant Meals program applies to those who are homeless, elderly (age 60 or older), or disabled.

If you are one of the groups above and have an active California EBT Card, you can use your CalFresh benefits to buy food at select restaurants.

This includes hot food that can be eaten at the premises.

Currently, 15 counties in California participate in the program, including Orange, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Riverside county.

Still Have Questions?

For details about the Discounts that come with the California EBT Card, click here:CA EBT Discount Guide.

If you have further questions about California SNAP or EBT Card, please let us know by filling out the comment form below and we will answer your question ASAP.

Be sure to check out our other articles about CalFresh and CalFresh EBT, including:
Get Grocery Delivery with SNAP EBT
How to Apply for California P-EBT
California P-EBT Extension for 2020/2021
CalFresh for San Diego County
How much will I get in CalFresh in 2021?
How to Complete CalFresh SAR 7 Form
Get Printable CalFresh SAR 7 Form
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