SDSU's everyday shopping is on campus and right across College Avenue. Aztec Shops, the university's nonprofit auxiliary, runs the bookstore, six Aztec Market convenience stores and more than 35 places to eat, and its profits go to student scholarships. Across College Avenue from the Aztec Student Union, South Campus Plaza (College Ave at Lindo Paseo) has Trader Joe's and restaurants. For bigger shopping, the Green Line trolley runs from under the student union to Fashion Valley in eight stops.
The SDSU Bookstore, Aztec Shops' 25,000-square-foot flagship in the middle of campus, sells course materials and textbooks, licensed SDSU apparel and gifts, school supplies, cards and graduation regalia, and its aztecnology department handles tech products and repairs. Everything is also sold online at shopaztecs.com, which is the place to check current store hours.
Trader Joe's (5140 College Ave, Ste 119), in the southeast corner of South Campus Plaza, opened in 2017 and is open daily 8am to 9pm. On campus, the Aztec Market in the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union is open Monday to Friday 7am to 10pm and Saturday 9am to 3pm during the semester, and there are five more Aztec Markets around campus. Every Thursday from 10am to 3pm, the SDSU Farmers Market sets up on the north side of the University Library.
Eight Stops on the Green Line
The Green Line reaches Fashion Valley (7007 Friars Rd) in eight stops from SDSU. The mall is open Monday to Saturday 10am to 9pm and Sunday 11am to 7pm. Apple Fashion Valley has a Genius Bar for repairs and free workshops; Nordstrom and Macy's cover clothes, shoes and dorm basics, and Williams-Sonoma has cookware for a first apartment.
South Campus Plaza. Eureka!, at the north end of the plaza, is a burger and craft-beer restaurant with a large patio, and Broken Yolk Cafe serves breakfast and lunch daily 8am to 8pm. Inside the Aztec Student Union are The Habit Burger Grill, Oggi's Pizza Express, Primos Mexican, Starbucks and Shake Smart.
With parents. Fashion Valley has sit-down restaurants including North Italia, True Food Kitchen and The Cheesecake Factory, and our MICHELIN guide lists every starred and Bib Gourmand restaurant in the city.
Trolley. The Green Line stops at SDSU Transit Center (5500 Campanile Dr), at the south end of the Aztec Student Union; trains board on the bottom level, 55 feet underground. From SDSU it is 6 stops to Mission Valley Center, 8 to Fashion Valley, 13 to County Center/Little Italy and 15 to Seaport Village.
Buses. MTS routes at the bus plaza above the station include the 11 to downtown and the Rapid 215 to Santa Fe Depot via El Cajon Boulevard. Check MTS for current schedules.
