President Square Food Court
A compact Arcadia food court where seven or so stalls cover a lot of ground: hand-cooked noodle soups, a Taiwanese-style combo deli, Korean tofu, ramen, sushi, pastries, and boba. Everything is made to order and priced like a lunch counter, which is exactly the point. Stall lineups rotate, so check in and tell us what's cooking now.
Go here if
- →Your group can't agree on one cuisine
- →You want a made-to-order lunch under $15
- →You want noodles, ramen, or soondubu without a sit-down commitment
Skip it if
- —You want table service and a long lunch
- —You're set on one specific stall. Lineups rotate, so call ahead
The stalls at President Square Food Court
Lineups rotate. Check in and tell us what changed.
Zilin Noodle House
ChineseOrder: Black mushroom and bamboo noodle soup
Noodles cooked to order.
Hsin Hsin Shau May Deli
TaiwaneseOrder: 3-item combo plate
Comes with soup and rice.
Daikokuya
RamenThe Little Tokyo ramen name, food-court edition.
Omma Tofu House
KoreanOrder: Soondubu
Sushi in the Box
JapaneseRJ Patisserie
PastryThe sweet-tooth stop.
Sunright Tea Studio
BobaDrinks for the road.
The basics
- Address
- 1220 S Golden West Ave, Arcadia, CA 91007
- Price
- $ · about $10–20 a head (Google)
- Cuisine
- Food Court
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