College Area: 41 independent places to eat, drink and shop
College Area, San Diego has 41 independently owned places on the Hot Tip map, counted on : 22 places to eat, 12 coffee shops and bakeries, 3 shops, 2 bars, 1 barber or salon and 1 optician or pet groomer. 11 have hours on record, and 1 stays open past 11pm at least one night.
Counted from the live Hot Tip map. Listings start from OpenStreetMap and are corrected by hand.
Your tip in College Area
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What's on the map in College Area
Counted from the listings themselves, not estimated.
- Places with hours on record
- 11 of 41
- Open past 11pm at least one night
- 1
- National chains on the map
- 0
A place with hours we can't confirm stays on the map but is never the answer, because the answer promises open now.
Open latest in College Area
- Cafe Europeuntil 1am every night
- BCB Coffee Companyuntil 11pm on Sunday
- The Living Room Cafeuntil 11pm every night
- Tokyo Sushi Lohauntil 10:30pm every night
- Milo's Pizzauntil 10pm on Friday and Saturday
The latest closing times among the 11 places with hours on record.
Most named, in print and on Reddit
- Scrimshaw Coffee3 publications
- D.Z. Akin's2 publications, 31 Reddit threads
- Ultreya Coffee & Tea2 publications, 1 Reddit thread
- The Living Room Cafe2 publications
- Majorette1 publication, 43 Reddit threads
- Looks Better on Me1 publication
- Oggi's Pizza Express1 publication
- Himalayan Yak & Yeti10 Reddit threads
11 places in College Area have been named by a publication or come up on Reddit. These are the ones the most publications named, then the ones in the most threads. Every one heads its list below. Every named place, by area
Every kind of place in College Area
Restaurants in College Area
- D.Z. Akin's
- Oggi's Pizza Express153 Aztec Center
- Himalayan Yak & Yeti6784 #D El Cajon Boulevard
- Corbin's Q6548 El Cajon Boulevard
- Milo's Pizza6686 El Cajon Boulevard
- Aztec Food Hub
Coffee shops in College Area
- Scrimshaw Coffee5542 El Cajon Boulevard
- Ultreya Coffee & Tea4653 El Cajon Boulevard
- The Living Room Cafe5900 El Cajon Boulevard
- BCB Coffee Company
- Cafe Europe6784 El Cajon Boulevard
- bcb Cafe
Bars in College Area
2 places, all of them listed here.
Majorette
Bar6344 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92115
Named bySan Diego Magazine and 1 more mention
On Reddit43 threads, among them r/FoodSanDiego thread, r/sandiego thread
Monty's Den
Pub149 Aztec Center, San Diego, CA 92182
Every day 10am to 10pm
Barbers and salons in College Area
2 places, all of them listed here.
Paws & Bows Pet Grooming
Pet groomer5544 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego
Sun and Mon 8am to 2pm, Tue to Sat 7am to 5pm
Yokai House
Tattoo studio6350 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92115
In College Area, the rule is the same.
Independently owned only. Nobody pays to be the answer. Places you've never been come first, because the point is the spot four blocks away you've been meaning to try.
College Area on the county-wide lists
Every one of a kind
Independent, county-wide
One of these, picked for you.
Open Hot Tip in College Area, say what you feel like, and it answers with one place that is open right now.
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