San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants Offering Free Food For SNAP, Cal-Fresh Recipients
Businesses, restaurants offering free food to SNAP & Calfresh recipients San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Oakland; Venmo accounts to donate directly.
Last updated October 29, 2025 8:05 AM PST
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Other ways to help out:
Donate to your local county food bank directly, volunteer at the food banks, donate foods to local pantries & more. See: Volunteer opportunities Bay Area
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Bay Area Restaurants Offering Free Food SNAP Recipients
Bay Area Restaurants Offering Free Food To Cal-Fresh Recipients
South Bay Area Restaurants, Offering Free Food To SNAP Recipients
Tony & Alba’s, San Jose | Business Listing | Website
Until SNAP is funded kids 15 and under eat FREE. No additional purchase needed. This is for dine-in or togo. Show us your SNAP card and have your child with you. If a parent wants to eat with them here we will discount your meal.
Child meal: All with carrots, fruit and drink.
Pizza (cheese or pepperoni)
Penne Pasta (Meat or Marinara sauce)
We will try to accommodate some diet limitations.
Donation (per IG post comments): Can Zelle or call in a cc #. We have our all year RAP program. Random Acts of Pizza for $10 you will feed a needy family a pizza salad drinks and dessert from us for dine in. Zelle 4088388279. This will to Snap and our RAP program.
Shrimp’n Ain’t Eazy, San Jose | Business Listing
Month of November present SNAP CARD + ID and your child will receive a FREE burrito and drink no charge.
*Parents will receive their meal at a discount %
*Families can receive 5 burritos per week
*Chicken Garlic Rice Burritos only
Gamers’ Heaven, Santa Clara | Business Listing | Website
Free Chibi meal kids 12 & under w/ SNAP card until funded
Parents will also get 25% off of any Cafe food and drink orders.
Cochi’s Kitchen, Gilroy | Business Listing | Website
Valid SNAP Card and ID required
Kids meal ( 1 per day)
Lunch Served Daily
Breakfast served Fri- Sun
San Francisco Restaurants, Offering Free Food To SNAP Recipients
Al Pastor Papi, San Francisco | Business Listing
Bring Snap debit + ID, rice & bean or chicken burritos, up to 4 burritos a week per family
Rusty Ladle, San Francisco
Snap Card & ID + Kids
Free Tomato or chicen soup or bow or hot dog for kids 12 & under
Snap parents receive 25% off personal orders (soup, sandwich, hot dog or n/a drink)
East Bay, Oakland Restaurants, Offering Free Food To SNAP Recipients
Monster Pho, Oakland | Business Listing | Website
Valid for kids 12 & under; bring SNAP card and kid with you
Any pho chicken, beef or veg
No purchase necessary for kids
25% off for parents
Donations: “You all have kindly asked many many times if you can donate money to help this cause. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. But we have never taken a single dollar from a customer, and we NEVER will.
The very best way you can help us support others is simple: just come in and dine with us. This allows us to keep our staff employed, pay our rent, and support our vendors. For that opportunity, we are forever grateful.”
Puerto Rican Street Cuisine, Oakland | Business Listing | Website
Month of November
SNAP benefit card and child, (12 and under) for a free kids meal and a mini coqui
Understory, Oakland | Business Listing | Website
Reminder for folks to nourish themselves and stop by for our community offering whenever we are open — pay what you can — no one turned away for lack of funds! This is especially crucial for our community members who have lost their SNAP benefits during the gov shut down
OG Tacos, Various Locations | Website
Antioch Flea Market
1201 W 10th Street
Antioch, CA 94509
Saturday 9:30am-2:00pm
Epidemic Ales
150 Mason Cir, #J
Concord, CA 94520
Tuesday’s 4:00-8:00pm
Friday’s 4:00-9:00pm
HP Taco Truck, Tri Valley Area | Business Listing | Website
North Bay Area Restaurants, Offering Free Food To Calfresh Recipients
Winston Cafe & Bakery, Napa | Business Listing | Website
Community Dinner 11/12 (for Calfresh Recipients)
Donate non-perishable foods
Donate to CUP (their 501c3); link in their Instagram bio
Mill Valley Pasta Co | Business Listing | Website
Any location, including Farmers Market pop-ups
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