Hillcrest: 117 independent places to eat, drink and shop
University Avenue after dark. Dense, loud, open later than most of the city.
Hillcrest, San Diego has 117 independently owned places on the Hot Tip map, counted on : 49 places to eat, 28 shops, 17 bars, 10 coffee shops and bakeries, 10 barbers and salons, 2 bottle shops and 1 optician or pet groomer. 35 have hours on record, and 7 stay 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 Hillcrest
One place
Open now, near you, independently owned. Not a list.
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What's on the map in Hillcrest
Counted from the listings themselves, not estimated.
49
Restaurants
28
Shops
17
Bars and breweries
10
Coffee shops and bakeries
10
Barbers and salons
2
Bottle shops
1
Optician or pet groomer
- Places with hours on record
- 35 of 117
- Open past 11pm at least one night
- 7
- 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 Hillcrest
- La Fuente Mexicanuntil 3am from Wednesday to Saturday
- Ryoma Ramenuntil 2am on Friday and Saturday
- The Railuntil 2am from Wednesday to Saturday
- Urban Mo's Bar & Grilluntil 1am on Friday and Saturday
- Lestat'suntil midnight every night
The latest closing times among the 35 places with hours on record.
Most named, in print and on Reddit
- Gossip Grill3 publications, 22 Reddit threads
- Lestat's3 publications, 14 Reddit threads
- Better Buzz Coffee Roasters3 publications, 11 Reddit threads
- Bread & Cie Bakery3 publications, 3 Reddit threads
- Taang3 publications
- Great Maple2 publications, 74 Reddit threads
- Hillcrest Farmers Market2 publications, 28 Reddit threads
- RustiCucina2 publications, 26 Reddit threads
70 places in Hillcrest 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 Hillcrest
Restaurants in Hillcrest
- Bread & Cie Bakery
- Great Maple1451 Washington Street
- Hillcrest Farmers Market
- RustiCucina3797 Park Boulevard
- Cocina de Barrio3707 5th Avenue
- Hash House A Gogo3628 5th Avenue
Bars and breweries in Hillcrest
- Gossip Grill1220 University Avenue
- Hillcrest Brewing Company1458 University Avenue
- Négociant Winery1263 University Avenue
- The Rail3796 5th Avenue
- Urban Mo's Bar & Grill308 University Avenue
- Flicks1017 University Avenue
Coffee shops and bakeries in Hillcrest
- Lestat's1041 University Avenue
- Better Buzz Coffee Roasters801 University Avenue
- Chocolat Hillcrest
- Oscar’s seafood
- Prager Brothers Bakery1252 University Avenue
- Creme De La Crepe142 University Avenue
Shops in Hillcrest
- Taang
- Father Joe's Villages Thrift Store1457 University Avenue
- Grah Safe & Lock939 University Avenue
- MJ's Cyclery3841 Park Boulevard
- Ray's Tennis Shop1434 University Avenue
- The Village Hat Shop
In Hillcrest, 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.
Hillcrest on the county-wide lists
Open late
Every one of a kind
Independent, county-wide
One of these, picked for you.
Open Hot Tip in Hillcrest, say what you feel like, and it answers with one place that is open right now.
Free. A first name and an email, and no password.