Costco Food Court Hours

The food court runs on the warehouse schedule with one important difference at the end of the day. It stops taking orders before the store closes, normally about thirty minutes earlier, because the kitchen needs time to shut down.

Typical food court hours

Treat the closing times as approximate. Some locations serve right up to the final bell, others put the shutters down a full forty-five minutes early once the line clears. If dinner is the point of the trip, aim to order an hour before closing.

Indoor and outdoor food courts

Warehouses with an outdoor food court often run different hours from the ones with the counter inside. An outdoor court can open before the warehouse does, because it does not need you to pass the membership check, and it can close earlier in bad weather. Indoor courts follow the store schedule much more closely.

Do you need a membership to eat there?

For an indoor food court, yes, because you have to walk past the membership desk to reach it. For an outdoor court that faces the parking lot, usually no. There is no national rule on this, so it comes down to the layout of your local site and how strictly that location enforces it.

What sells out and when

• Rotisserie chicken is a warehouse item rather than a food court one, but it follows the same logic: batches come out through the afternoon and the last one often goes well before closing.
• Pizza is made to order for whole pies and by the slice from the warmer, and the slice supply thins out in the final hour.
• Churros and ice cream are the first things to disappear on a hot weekend afternoon.

Holidays

The food court closes on the same seven holidays as the warehouse, and on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve it stops serving before the 5:00 PM close. Full holiday list here.

Frequently asked questions

What time does the Costco food court close?

It stops taking orders roughly thirty minutes before the warehouse closes, so about 8:00 PM on weekdays. Some locations shut the counter earlier once the line clears.

Can you eat at the Costco food court without a membership?

At an outdoor food court facing the parking lot, usually yes. At an indoor one, no, because you have to pass the membership check to reach it.

Does the food court open before the warehouse?

An outdoor food court sometimes does, since it sits outside the membership check. Indoor counters open with the store.