College Area's 16 pizza shops and Italian restaurants span from Milo's Pizzeria near SDSU through Grantville's A Brooklyn Pizzeria and Rosati's Pizza Pub to neighborhood shops in Allied Gardens and Del Cerro — New York slices, wood-fired pies, and late-night delivery across 92115 and 92120.
6358 Del Cerro Blvd, San Diego, CA 92120
+1 619-304-5943
Verified5540 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92115
+1 619-539-7666
Verified5151 Waring Rd, San Diego, CA 92120
+1 619-310-6502
Verified10450 Friars Rd, San Diego, CA 92120
+1 619-584-9000
Verified5855 Mission Gorge Rd, San Diego, CA 92120
+1 619-679-9300
Verified6686 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92115
+1 619-462-6456
Verified6690 Mission Gorge Rd I, San Diego, CA 92120
+1 619-906-2121
Verified6145 El Cajon Blvd Ste 3P, San Diego, CA 92115
+1 619-265-0999
Verified6305 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92115
+1 619-582-7097
Verified6126 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92115
+1 619-229-6666
Verified6784 El Cajon Blvd J, San Diego, CA 92115
+1 619-713-1111
Verified10330 Friars Rd, San Diego, CA 92120
+1 619-281-3511
Verified6305 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92115
+1 619-944-2434
Verified5156 Waring Rd, San Diego, CA 92120
+1 619-286-2242
Verified7377 Jackson Dr, San Diego, CA 92119
+1 619-469-6453
Verified6925 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92115
+1 619-469-7272
VerifiedMilo's Pizzeria on El Cajon Boulevard runs a thin-crust pizza operation near SDSU with specialty pies, whole pies, and slices sold by the cut from a walk-up counter in 92115. The shop runs late into the evening and draws a steady post-class crowd from the SDSU dorm and apartment blocks on Montezuma Road and College Avenue. Love Letters Pizza handles the craft-pizza end nearby with a smaller menu and a neighborhood-pizzeria format focused on quality over volume.
In Allied Gardens, Rockets Pizza and Subs on Waring Road runs a family-focused takeout and delivery operation that anchors the Waring Road food strip, and Del Cerro Pizza & Beer pairs pizza with craft beer in a neighborhood-scale pizzeria on Del Cerro Boulevard in 92120 with a dine-in room and a takeout counter.
A Brooklyn Pizzeria in Grantville sells New York-style slices and full pies with a thin-crust format built around the fold-and-eat approach — the slices are wide, floppy in the center, and crispy along the edge the way a proper New York slice should be. The shop runs a lunch and dinner service on Mission Gorge Road in 92120.
Rosati's Pizza Pub, also in Grantville, leans Chicago-style with a thicker crust and a sports-bar atmosphere with multiple screens and a full tap list, giving the Mission Gorge corridor both coasts covered for pizza style. For additional pizza options east of College Area, the La Mesa dining page covers more shops near Grossmont Center.
The Italian category in College Area skews heavily toward pizza, but a few restaurants carry broader Italian menus with pasta, entrees, and traditional red-sauce plates. The sit-down Italian format is less common near SDSU than the pizza-counter model, but the options that exist cover the basics — lasagna, chicken parm, spaghetti and meatballs, and house salads.
The proximity to the La Mesa dining scene helps fill the gap — La Mesa has a deeper Italian restaurant count with sit-down trattorias and pasta houses within a short drive east. Within College Area, the broader Dining & Drink category covers all 247 listings for diners looking for more sit-down options.
Most College Area pizza shops offer delivery through DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub, and several run their own delivery drivers for the SDSU dorm and apartment zone in 92115. Milo's Pizzeria and Rockets Pizza both handle direct delivery orders alongside the third-party app listings.
The late-night pizza delivery market near SDSU is competitive — multiple shops run delivery until 11 p.m. or later on weekends, and the chain operations near campus provide the after-midnight delivery volume that covers the post-bar demand from the surrounding apartment complexes on Montezuma Road, College Avenue, and Campanile Drive.
Grantville's pizza scene runs along Mission Gorge Road in 92120, with Rosati's Pizza Pub pairing Chicago-style pies with a full sports-bar setup — multiple TVs, a draft beer list, and a dining room that fills on game nights. The pizza is thick-crust in the Chicago tradition, and the pub format makes it a two-hour destination rather than a quick slice stop.
A Brooklyn Pizzeria handles the thin-crust New York format on the same corridor, and the two shops together give Grantville a complete pizza coverage that keeps residents from needing to drive to the El Cajon Blvd strip near SDSU for a pie.
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