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What is open late in San Diego

163 independent places in San Diego County stay open past 11pm at least one night: 92 places to eat, 59 bars, 11 coffee shops and 1 sweet shop. 99 run past midnight, 32 past 2am, and 21 never close. Counted on from the 1,795 places with hours on record.

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

The Hot Tip answer screen: one coffee shop, a three minute walk away, open till 5pm.

Never closes

Open 24 hours every day of the week on the hours on record. The full list, with street and phone.

Still going after 2am

A close later than 2am on at least one night, without being open all night.

  • The Yellow DeliCafe, sandwiches · Vista · Open through the night from Sunday to Thursday.
  • Baba'z GrillPizza · City Heights · Until 4am every night.
  • Casablanca LoungeBar · Gaslamp Quarter · Until 4am on Friday and Saturday. Past 11pm every night.
  • Gaslamp PizzaPizza · Gaslamp Quarter · Until 4am on Friday and Saturday. Past 11pm every night.
  • Tacos El GordoMexican, counter service · Chula Vista · Until 4am on Friday and Saturday. Past 11pm every night.
  • La FachadaMexican · Barrio Logan · Until 3am on Friday and Saturday. Past 11pm every night.
  • La Fuente MexicanMexican, counter service · Hillcrest · Until 3am from Wednesday to Saturday. Past 11pm from Wednesday to Sunday.
  • Min Sok ChonKorean · Convoy and Kearny Mesa · Until 3am on Friday and Saturday. Past 11pm every night.
  • Rolberto's Taco ShopMexican · Normal Heights · Until 3am every night.
  • Tacos El CabronMexican, counter service · Gaslamp Quarter · Until 3am on Friday and Saturday.
  • Xinjiang BBQChinese, Kebab · Linda Vista · Until 3am on Friday and Saturday. Past 11pm every night.

Where the late places are

Places open past 11pm at least one night, by part of the county, and the areas with the most.

How these lists are made

From the opening hours on record for each place, and nothing else. A place counts as open late when any night of its week runs past 11pm. Coffee has a list of its own that starts at 9pm, because that is what late means for a coffee shop. Only somewhere to eat, drink or sit is counted. 6 shops and 2 salons and services with hours on record that run past 11pm are left off, because a late hour on a shop is more often a typing mistake than a night out. So is 1 coffee shop whose week on record ends between 2am and 6am. 9 listings on the map have stored hours that contradict themselves, and no page on this site prints those.

These are regular hours, not holiday hours, and they come from OpenStreetMap or from the business's own website. If you are crossing the county at 3am for a burrito, the phone number is on the list. Call first.

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