Custom logo kraft takeout bags for Lemon Grove restaurants.

A small town where everyone talks

Lemon Grove is a little over 27,000 people tucked between La Mesa, Spring Valley and the city of San Diego. It became its own city in 1977, and it still feels like a place where people know their neighbors. Families have lived here for generations, and they have favorite spots for burritos, pizza, fried chicken, pho, soul food and Sunday donuts.

That closeness is great for a restaurant. One good meal gets talked about at soccer practice, at church and in the group chat. But talk only helps if people remember your name. A plain bag on the kitchen table says nothing. A bag with your logo answers the question before anyone asks it: where did you get that?

Main Street was rebuilt for people

The city spent $4.9 million turning Main Street between North Avenue and Broadway into a promenade, with a plaza, a park, a playground and an amphitheater. The goal was simple: give the town a central place to gather, for farmers markets, concerts and just hanging out.

Gathering places are good for takeout. People grab food and eat it on a bench, or carry it to a friend's house, or bring it to an event in the park. Every one of those trips puts your bag in front of other people from town. The trolley stop near Main Street adds riders coming and going, too.

The city also runs summer concerts and movies in the park. Those nights send a wave of hungry families out at the same time. If your kitchen is close, you want enough bags stocked and your name on every one.

A bag for the late night burrito run

A lot of Lemon Grove food is hearty: foil wrapped burritos, plates of rice and beans, combo meals, wings, family trays. That food is heavy and often wet. The bag has to carry it without tearing at the handles or going soft at the bottom.

Ours is 110 GSM kraft with a square bottom. It measures 12″ × 7″ × 14″ and carries up to 22 lb, with flat paper handles taped inside.

• Trays and plates go flat on the bottom. Keep the heavy food level.
• Burritos and wrapped items go in the middle. Foil keeps the heat in.
• Salsa and sauce cups go in the side pockets. The 3.5″ gussets hold them upright.
• Seal every delivery order. Fold the top and add a food tamper-evident sticker so the customer knows it arrived untouched.

Burrito shops should read our California burrito bag guide, and trucks that park around town can check the food truck bag page.

Bold beats fancy

Lemon Grove customers are busy. They grab the bag and go. So make your logo big, bold and easy: your name, maybe one picture, two colors at most. A lemon, a chili or a smiling burrito reads well on kraft. Thin fancy letters get lost.

The print area is 12 × 14 in on the front. Setup is $0, and you approve a proof first. You don't need a designer: send us what you have and we will tell you if it will print clean.

We print the same bag for every shop that needs custom kraft takeout bags for San Diego kitchens, and the bag size page shows exactly what fits.