BB's Deli

Delis & Sandwiches

About

BB's Deli in downtown San Diego has built sandwiches on Fifth Avenue for over 30 years, operating a small counter-service shop at 1321 Fifth Avenue that accepts SNAP EBT alongside standard payment. The numbered sandwich menu runs from cold-cut combos through specialty builds like the Avogobble and the Fifth Avenue — a house signature — alongside homemade soups, with the creamy pinto bean earning a following among the weekday lunch crowd that also fills Grapes & Hops Deli a few blocks west. Bagels anchor the breakfast side of the menu, toasted and built to order with cream cheese, egg, and deli-meat options that run through the same bread-and-protein format as the sandwich lineup. The operation is family-run, with the same ownership behind the counter slicing meats and assembling orders rather than delegating to shift staff. Selection of cakes, pies, and fresh-baked cookies round out the display case, giving BB's a bakery-adjacent dessert offering uncommon for a deli this size and distinct from the coffee-and-bagel pairing at Spill the Beans Coffee and Bagels in the Gaslamp Quarter. The highest-volume order format is the corporate catering tray — full-sized sandwich platters with side salads and drinks assembled for office deliveries across the downtown core.

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