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Coffee shops and bakeries in Hillcrest, San Diego

There are 10 independent coffee shops and bakeries in Hillcrest, San Diego, counted on . National chains are left out. 4 have hours on record. The latest is Lestat's, open until midnight every night.

Counted from the live Hot Tip map. Listings start from OpenStreetMap and are corrected by hand.

By kind

  • Cafe8
  • Bakery2

Every one of the 10 is listed. Places named in print or on Reddit come first, the ones more publications have named ahead of the rest. Then places with hours on record, then the rest by name. The order is how much the map knows about a place, never how good anybody thinks it is.

Named in print or on Reddit 7

Hours on record 1

  • Little Nap Cafe

    Cafe, bubble tea, sandwiches

    Sun to Thu 9am to 10pm, Fri and Sat 9am to 11pm

    (619) 677-2117

On the map, hours not on record 2

  • JoyBrewed Espresso

    Cafe

    1295 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103

  • Kona Coffee

    Cafe

    3955 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103

    (619) 298-5662

What the hours can tell you

How many coffee shops and bakeries are there in Hillcrest?

Hot Tip lists 10 independent coffee shops and bakeries in Hillcrest, San Diego, counted on 5 October 2026. By the tag each one carries in OpenStreetMap: Cafe 8, Bakery 2. National chains are not counted, so the area has more than this in all.

Which coffee shops and bakeries in Hillcrest open before 7am?

Of the 4 with hours on record, 1 opens before 7am at least one day: Better Buzz Coffee Roasters (4:30am).

Which coffee shops and bakeries in Hillcrest are open after 9pm?

Of the 4 with hours on record, 3 are open after 9pm at least one night: Lestat's (until midnight every night), Little Nap Cafe (until 11pm on Friday and Saturday) and Creme De La Crepe (until 10pm from Thursday to Tuesday).

Hours come from OpenStreetMap or from the business's own website. A place with no hours on record stays on the map and is never the app's answer, because the answer promises open now. Something wrong or missing? Write to hello@hottip.club. If the place is yours, claiming it is free.

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