The best take-away restaurants Côte Ouest Etats-Unis

Perfect for a quick lunch break, this one-table mini-restaurant, shared with neighbors, offers a menu that changes weekly and features organic, seasonal produce. You'll love their daily toast, delicious quiches, famous cheese-filled sandwich-croissant and homemade American-style muffin desserts. Coffee and tea are sacred here and accompany this fine breakfast. The arty crowd of Downtown workers flock here every lunchtime. Prices are reasonable.

Perfect for hikers walking through Griffith Park, The Trails Café is designed to enhance picnic baskets with fresh, gourmet food. On the tables in the shade of the pines or to take away, you can enjoy an avocado or chickpea salad sandwich, a hot dog, a fritatta - an Italian dish similar to an omelette - a quiche, or an "egg in a basket", all homemade. Also on the menu: a few desserts, such as cookies, granola, vegan apple pie and lavender shortbread.

The place is simple but heavenly for seafood lovers. You can enjoy fresh shellfish by the water. It's a shanty that serves mainly oysters fished in Tomales Bay, but also clams and mussels. You can buy lemons, knives and gloves (very important, since it's up to you). Tip: do your shopping beforehand for an even more festive picnic!

This tiny local on Main Street is the first and only southern California to specialize in the omusubi, a small ball of rice filling meat or vegetables very popular in Japan. This is a little the equivalent of the sandwich for our Japanese counterparts. Everything is fresh and cooked on demand using mainly local products. Count between two and four omusubi depending on your appetite.

As its name suggests, Eggslut has made eggs the core of its concept. After proving itself in New York and Los Angeles, this good address has set up shop in Las Vegas, on the Strip. We particularly recommend it for lunch, as its sandwiches are perfect for a quick meal before heading back to the casinos. The short menu is nonetheless tempting, with classics such as the bacon, egg and cheese sandwich. The specialty: the Slut, an egg mixed with homemade mashed potatoes in a small glass jar.

The coffee-shop of the bike rental store offers sandwiches, pastries and hot or cold drinks to consume on the spot or to take away. Everything is made with quality products, in a beautiful setting. It is also possible to reserve lunchboxes for the day. Bike rental is varied with classic or electric models and trailers. Strollers and wheelchairs can be rented.

In a pretty little barn on Chestnut Street, you'll find tasty sandwiches and salads, each more tempting than the last. You can even compose your own. The produce is fresh and the portions gargantuan. There are a few high tables if you'd like to sit down, but it's mostly take-away. The chain has two other restaurants, one in Nob Hill and the other in Corte Madera, north of San Francisco. Ideal for a healthy picnic before exploring the city.

This Vietnamese sandwich shop in the Rancho San Antonio district of downtown Oakland doesn't look like much. However, it's worth the detour for its flagship Vietnamese street food sandwiches - chicken, pork or vegetarian - which are renowned throughout the city and unbeatable value. Ready-to-eat dishes that just need reheating are also available. Proof that you shouldn't be fooled by appearances: even the most unattractive storefronts can hide real treasures!

A nice little bakery where you can buy pizza, focaccia or desserts to enjoy on a little bench or to take away for a picnic in Golden Gate Park. This cooperative, set up by its parent company in Oakland, produces all its breads and pastries with love: " make loaves , not war ". Prices are by weight, and if you're lucky enough to come across the roasted peach focaccia, go for it without hesitation, it's a delight. A small neighborhood address with a nice folkloric touch as we like them.

The two brothers behind Burgers and Brew decided to work only with local products to prepare their burgers and that feels like taste! The proposed hamburgers are fresh and perfectly cooked. We liked that to the lamb with mint and feta, original but effective! Beer is not left with a selection of some breweries, mostly local. The atmosphere is lively, especially in the evening!

With their beautiful blue and white tiled front and their retro decoration, Noah's is easily recognizable. The chain has several locations in San Francisco (and in the rest of the country) including the one on Bush Street in a beautiful building in the financial district, our favorite! Only a few places to sit on the spot, but there are nice squares nearby where you can settle down to taste these bagels with eggs, ham, chorizo, bacon and other delicious toppings, which are as successful as in New York...

As its name suggests, L & E Oyster Bar has built its reputation on its oysters, sourcing them from the best oyster farmers in the USA. And they keep their promise: fresh, fine and delicious. Crab linguini, moules-frites, fish and chips, lobster roll, scallops with mushroom risotto and fried garlic, grilled sea bass with lemon rice... Fish and seafood also feature prominently in the main courses. The menu is small, clear and well thought-out.

An institution of breakfast at La Jolla! This small brick house, which shows buildings around, welcomes on its large terrace the hottest workers with an unusual opening schedule starting am from morning to week. The speciality of the house is the scones, small cakes of British origin filled with different flavours (taste the cranberries!). Other pastries are available as well as a wide selection of sandwiches and salads.

Here the concept is simple: it's a sushi the size of a burrito. Taken by storm by the employees at noon, the little store is always full! Prepared in front of your eyes with original recipes (tuna, lotus chips and crunchy vegetables or salmon, ginger guacamole and green banana chips) and fresh ingredients, these large makisare a delight for raw fish lovers. The must: take out and enjoy your Sushirrito on the sunny tables of Union Square Plaza right next door. Several restaurants in town.

Family restaurant without much charm, but with very good sandwiches with pastrami, smoked ham, salami, bacon, sprouts, cheddar cheese, aioli, pesto... Even the bread is good, you will enjoy it. And everything is prepared in front of you, a guarantee of freshness. On weekends, at lunchtime, locals flock to the place and sit in the adjacent park. The establishment is a bit far from the center, but it is located near the beaches. Perfect for a picnic on the sand, between two dives in the Pacific!

We sit around large wooden tables to share between guests in the Ferry Building, full of charm with its metal structure and its large windows overlooking the sea crossed by boats. Organic juices, excellent sandwiches, nice salads, various coffees, chocolates with all sorts of garnishes, wraps, mixed salads... The plus: free wifi. Needless to say, the laptops are all open, in addition to being a friendly meeting place, it is a popular work meeting spot for Franciscans.

American barbecue lovers, be served! These sandwiches bursting with exquisite grilled meat make you salivate. The street food gourmet barbecue version.

This burger chain has a modern and pleasant setting. It is a very successful address because of its privileged position, the quality of its meats and its particularly affordable prices - especially for the Strip. Its outdoor terrace, slightly elevated from Las Vegas Boulevard, is an ideal and pleasant vantage point that is hard to leave. In addition to the must-have sandwiches, you'll find crispy chicken, a hot dog and, surprising as it may seem in a fast food restaurant, wine.

The particularity of this address is that it is not fixed. Yellow Paper Burger is a delicious food-truck, which we follow thanks to its Instagram account: every week, it parks in a new location, usually in unusual, ephemeral or versatile places. The recipe for success: everything on the burgers, which come in two formulas, single or double. They are served in buttered buns with mayonnaise, chopped peppers, pickles, lettuce, tomato and onions. Grilled cheese is extra.

Established in 1908 by Frenchman Philippe Mathieu, this grand old-fashioned diner has been located at the gateway to Chinatown since the 1950s. Its specialty: the French Dipped Sandwich, a sandwich lightly soaked in meat juices and topped with beef, lamb or turkey. It's nothing gourmet, but the macaroni and potato salads, white bean and split pea soups, and apple pie are all reminiscent of the optimistic, good-naturedAmerican way of life of the fifties.

Oxbow's Farmer's Market is downtown Napa's gathering place for food and wine lovers, and the perfect place to sample local street food. The market supports sustainable, organic agriculture and small, independent farms. It features a panoramic outdoor terrace with tables along the Napa River, and offers the best of local produce, as well as bars and restaurants... On the menu, the best of Northern Californian cuisine: oysters, sandwiches, tacos, organic ice creams and gluten-free pastries.

For fans of New York-style pizzas, Pizza Cake by Buddy Valastro will have something to interest you. Trained as a pastry chef, this star of the TLC chain offers a huge choice of round or al taglio (rectangle-shaped) pizzas with every conceivable ingredient. In addition to pizzas, Buddy Valastro will surprise you with his many cakes, which can even be purchased from a vending machine. Located in Harrah's, the restaurant is open late into the night, should you fancy a pizza on your way out of a nightclub.

In addition to being Salt Lake City's go-to for sandwiches, Buds has been serving 100% vegan and homemade preparations, from sauces to proteins, since 2012. Victim of its success - especially during the week, at lunch time - this small establishment is frequently taken over by a long line of customers; thus, count about twenty to thirty minutes of waiting before being served. Although there are a few wooden tables in front of the red brick house, the address is particularly suited to take-out orders.

Nestled in the Arcadia district between Phoenix and Scottsdale, this address is worth a visit for its 100% American gastronomy specialty: the burger. The plates and portions may be unrefined, but the freshly ground meat makes all the difference. The principle is simple: a single recipe, The Standard, is available in four different forms, each enhanced by other ingredients. Don't miss the salted dulce de leche milkshake. Excellent value for money.