The sole drive-through fast-food option on Hillcrest's University Avenue, McDonald's at 1414 University Ave serves the chain's full national menu with SNAP/EBT payment acceptance in the 92103 ZIP code. Morning commuters building a grab-and-go breakfast around a specialty roast can add a stop at Peet's Coffee on the same University Ave corridor. The 1955-founded chain equipped this location with a dedicated drive-through lane, indoor dining, and curbside pickup for mobile-app orders. The University Ave drive-through is one of the few fast-food windows in the 92103 ZIP code, processing high-volume family orders in a format that contrasts with the hand-scooped small-batch service at Handel's Homemade Ice Cream Hillcrest down the block. The Hillcrest location processes high-volume drive-through queues alongside simultaneous dine-in traffic and multi-platform delivery-app fulfillment throughout extended overnight service windows.