Testo Pepesto Italian Restaurant

About Testo Pepesto Italian Restaurant

Testo Pepesto Italian Restaurant is an Italian restaurant you'll find at 221 E Main St in El Cajon, California. It is one of 189 places to eat and drink we list in El Cajon. Expect affordable prices, around $10–20 per person.

Testo Pepesto Italian Restaurant is open 7 days a week, usually 11:00 AM – 8:30 PM.

Testo Pepesto Italian Restaurant's menu features 110 dishes and drinks across 15 sections, including Cold Sandwiches, Craft Your Own Pizzas, Desserts, Appetizers, and Specialty Entrees. Listed prices range from $5.25 to $35.00, with a typical item around $17.00. Dishes worth a look include Special Sandwich, Craft Your Own Pizza LARGE 16", and Frittole.

Service options include outdoor seating, delivery, takeaway, and dine-in. Visitors describe the atmosphere as casual and cosy, and it is a good fit for groups and tourists. The place is family friendly, LGBTQ+ friendly, and a transgender safe space. It is especially popular for lunch, dinner, and solo dining. Offerings include alcohol, beer, coffee, comfort food, and happy-hour drinks.

Accessibility features: wheelchair-accessible car park, wheelchair-accessible entrance, wheelchair-accessible seating, and wheelchair-accessible toilet. Payment methods accepted: credit cards, debit cards, and NFC mobile payments. Parking: free of charge street parking, free parking lot, and parking. Reservations are accepted; call (619) 444-0303 to book a table.

Quick facts

Category

Italian Restaurant

Address

221 E Main St, El Cajon, CA 92020

Phone

(619) 444-0303

Price range

$10–20 per person

Hours

Open 7 days a week, usually 11:00 AM – 8:30 PM

Menu

110 items · $5.25–$35.00

Listing updated

May 2026 · Suggest an edit

How the hours compare

We compared Testo Pepesto Italian Restaurant’s weekday schedule with 443 other Italian restaurants in California. On a typical weekday it opens at 11:00 AM, close to the local norm of 11:30 AM and closes at 8:30 PM, earlier than most (typical closing time: 9:00 PM).

In total it is open about 67.5 hours a week, 9 hours more than the local median of 59. 90% of Italian restaurants in California open on Sundays, and Testo Pepesto Italian Restaurant is one of them.

Compared with 443 other Italian restaurants in California that list their hours in our guide.

• Special Sandwich$16.50

  Black forest ham, Cotto salami with provolone cheese, shredded iceberg lettuce, diced tomatoes, onions, and…

• Craft Your Own Pizza LARGE 16"$22.00
• Frittole$9.00

  Fried house made pizza dough dusted with sugar served with chocolate syrup, berry sauce or maple syrup

• Garlic Cheese Bread$11.50

  House-made bread, butter, garlic, Romano cheese, parsley, and mozzarella cheese

• Shrimp Lobster Linguini$33.00

  Tender shrimp and lobster combined in a white wine and herb cream sauce served on a bed of linguini pasta

• GF Baked Cheese Ravioli$28.00
• Family Dinner For 2$35.00

  Chooese any 2 entrees from the list

• Garden Salad$10.00

  Romaine lettuce, diced tomatoes, shredded red cabbage and carrot, pepperoncini, house made croutons

• Baked Ravioli$26.00

  Our blend of ricotta and Romano cheese (or meatball filling) with our marinara topped with mozzarella then…

• Sausage Link$6.30

  Italian sausage link with marinara

Typical prices for Italian restaurants in California

Based on 158 menus with 12,167 priced items from Italian restaurants in California, the median menu item costs $19.19, and half of all items are priced between $12.00 and $28.00.

At Testo Pepesto Italian Restaurant the median listed price is $17.00, close to the typical $19.19 for Italian restaurants in California.

Calculated from 158 menus in our guide. Prices vary by location and change over time.

Features & amenities

The neighborhood

Within a 10-minute walk (half a mile) of Testo Pepesto Italian Restaurant there are 12 other places to eat and drink in our guide, and 42 within one mile. By type, the places within a mile include Burgers & Fast Food (7), Mexican & Tex-Mex (6), Mediterranean & Middle Eastern (5), and Sandwiches & Delis (4).

Testo Pepesto Italian Restaurant is the only Italian restaurant within a mile (1 within three miles). The next closest is Di Leone's Italian Restaurant, 2.5 mi away.

6 places within a mile stay open until 10 PM or later on at least one night a week.

Nearest places of other kinds

• Mediterranean & Middle EasternMal Al Sham0.1 mi
• Bars & PubsCreative Creature Brewing Company0.2 mi
• Sandwiches & DelisSubway0.3 mi
• ThaiBusy B Thai Cafe0.3 mi
• Mexican & Tex-MexVictoria Mexican Food0.3 mi

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