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Shops in Mid-City, San Diego

There are 7 independent shops in Mid-City, San Diego, counted on . National chains are left out. 2 have hours on record. The latest are Safari Seconds Thrift Store and Alliance for African Assistance: Safari Seconds Thrift Store, each open until 6pm at least one night.

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

By kind

  • Secondhand2
  • Bike shop1
  • Craft supplies1
  • Fabric1
  • Health food1
  • Newsagent1

Every one of the 7 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 4

Hours on record 1

  • Alliance for African Assistance: Safari Seconds Thrift Store

    Secondhand

    6533 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92115

    Every day 10am to 6pm

    alliance-for-africa.org

On the map, hours not on record 2

  • Ceramic Heights

    Craft supplies

    5509 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92115

  • Trekon Vapure

    Newsagent

What the hours can tell you

How many shops are there in Mid-City?

Hot Tip lists 7 independent shops in Mid-City, San Diego, counted on 5 October 2026. By the tag each one carries in OpenStreetMap: Secondhand 2, Bike shop 1, Craft supplies 1, Fabric 1, Health food 1, Newsagent 1. National chains are not counted, so the area has more than this in all.

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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