Lemon Grove
Make it a Friday or Saturday: barbecue first, then choose your bistro or Italian table.
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6 verified places · 0 eat & drink and 1 things-to-do listsLemon Grove is best planned around Coop's schedule. Go Friday or Saturday and make the barbecue counter your first stop; it serves on weekends and can sell out before a late lunch. From there, choose Lemon Grove Bistro for Fisherman's Stew, Giardino for contemporary Italian, or Lido's for old-school pizza and a meatball sandwich. The library adds a bookstore, MakerBot, and an official Cool Zone to the day. If you take the Orange Line, check the current schedule before building the rest of the plan around it.
If you only do 5 things
1Coop'sbbq2Lemon Grove Bistrobistro3Giardinobrunch4Lido'spizza5Lemon Grove LibrarylibraryKnow before you go
Weekend first: Coop's serves only Friday through Sunday from 10am to 3pm and can sell out — make it the first stop, not a late lunch gamble
Trolley: The Orange Line reaches Lemon Grove Depot; check the current MTS schedule before building a car-free day around it
Heat break: The County Library is an official Cool Zone, but it closes Sunday and keeps shorter Friday and Saturday hours
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Ranked places pulled from all 1 listsThe first thing to order at a West Texas smokehouse in Lemon Grove? Jerk chicken.
Lemon Grove Bistro comes with its own history lesson on the wall.
A library on a things-to-do list? Lemon Grove Library on School Lane earns its spot with a 3D printer.