Printed logo kraft takeout bags for City Heights. A world of food, one bag with your name.

Some of the most varied food in San Diego

City Heights is where many families who came to San Diego from around the world settled and opened kitchens. Drive El Cajon Boulevard or University Avenue and you pass Vietnamese pho and banh mi, Ethiopian and Eritrean injera, Somali rice and goat, Mexican mariscos, Thai, Lao, Burmese and Middle Eastern bakeries, often in the same strip of storefronts.

A lot of these places are family run, with loyal regulars and almost no marketing budget. That's exactly who a printed bag helps most. It costs the same as a plain bag, and it turns every order into a little ad your regulars carry home to their whole building.

Farmers market shoppers and the boulevard district

The city lists the City Heights Farmers Market on the block of Wightman Street between 43rd Street and Fairmount Avenue, and City Heights is one of the 18 business improvement districts in San Diego. Neighbors shop on foot and by bus here, and they carry food home through the community.

When food travels on foot, the bag is the only branding anyone sees. A customer riding the bus home with your bag on their lap shows your name to everyone on board. Want the citywide overview? See printed logo bags for San Diego restaurants.

Soups, stews and big trays

The food here is heavy and wet in the best way. Pho broth by the quart, curry, stews, rice for six, a big round of injera with four sides. Thin bags rip. Ours carries 22 lb and has paper handles taped inside, so it holds through a long walk.

• Broth and soup first, flat. The square bottom keeps quarts upright.
• Noodles and rice boxes next. Pack them separate from the broth so nothing gets soggy.
• Herbs, sauces and sides in the corners. The 3.5″ side gussets make room.
• Seal it. Every box includes 100 food tamper-evident stickers for delivery orders.

The City of San Diego has banned most foam food ware since 2023, so soups and stews now go out in paper, fiber or other containers. A kraft bag makes the whole order look tidy.

Your name in your own language

Lots of City Heights kitchens have a name in two languages: Vietnamese and English, Amharic and English, Arabic and English. Print both. Your regulars recognize the script they grew up with, and new customers learn the name in English.

Bold, simple logos print best. Dark green, red and black look strong on brown kraft, while bright colors stand out on white. Upload your file, see it on the bag and move it around before you pay. For Asian kitchens farther north, compare our Convoy District page.