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Late night food in San Diego: restaurants open late

92 independent places to eat in San Diego County stay open past 11pm at least one night, out of the 1,795 places with hours on record on . 48 run past midnight, 27 past 2am, and 18 never close.

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

A place is on this list when any night of its week on record runs past 11pm. Restaurants, taco shops, counters, delis and ice cream, all independently owned. Every one of the 92 is listed, by part of the county and then by area, latest closing first. The first line under each name is the latest close on record and the nights it happens. Under it is the whole week.

Central San Diego 54

Convoy and Kearny Mesa13

Gaslamp Quarter9

Mira Mesa4

North Park4

Hillcrest3

Linda Vista3

City Heights2

East Village2

Mid-City2

Midway District2

  • El Charro Taco Shop

    Mexican

    Open 24 hours, every day.

    3445 Midway Drive, San Diego, CA 92110

    Open 24 hours, every day

    (619) 224-0774

  • Mike’s Red Tacos

    Mexican

    Until midnight on Friday and Saturday.

    3365 Rosecrans Street, San Diego, CA 92110

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

    mikesredtacos.com(619) 228-9032

Normal Heights2

Barrio Logan1

Golden Hill1

Little Italy1

Mission Hills1

Mission Valley1

  • 356

    Barbecue, Korean

    Until midnight on Friday and Saturday.

    Sun to Thu noon to 11pm, Fri and Sat noon to midnight

Old Town1

Scripps Ranch1

University City1

  • DRIFT La Jolla

    Burgers, American, Asian

    Until midnight on Friday and Saturday.

    3777 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92122

    Sun to Thu noon to 11pm, Fri and Sat noon to midnight

    driftlajolla.com(858) 552-1234

Coastal San Diego 10

Point Loma4

Pacific Beach3

La Jolla2

Coronado1

North County coastal 5

Encinitas2

Carmel Valley1

Del Mar1

Pacific Highlands Ranch1

North County inland 3

Carmel Mountain Ranch1

Escondido1

Poway1

East County 10

Lakeside2

Lemon Grove2

  • Santana's

    Mexican

    Open 24 hours, every day.

    7733 Palm Street, Lemon Grove, CA 91945

    Open 24 hours, every day

    santanasmexfood.com(619) 463-1027

  • Miss Donuts

    Donuts, counter service

    Until 11:55pm every night.

    7863 Broadway, Lemon Grove, CA 91945

    Every day 3:30am to 11:55pm

    (619) 465-1246

Casa de Oro1

El Cajon1

  • El Compadre

    Mexican, counter service

    Open 24 hours, every day.

    595 North 2nd Street, El Cajon, CA 92021

    Open 24 hours, every day

    (619) 588-4816

La Mesa1

Ramona1

Santee1

Spring Valley1

  • Ramberto's Taco Shop

    Mexican, counter service

    Open 24 hours, every day.

    1039 Sweetwater Road, Spring Valley, CA 91977

    Open 24 hours, every day

    (619) 462-0750

South Bay 10

Chula Vista7

Nestor2

Imperial Beach1

  • Burritos Luna Mexican Food

    Mexican, counter service

    Until midnight every night.

    1337 Palm Avenue, Imperial Beach

    Every day 8am to midnight

    (619) 576-3383

What the hours can tell you

What restaurants are open 24 hours in San Diego?

On the hours Hot Tip has on record, 18 independent places to eat are open 24 hours every day: Albertaco's Mexican Food in Mid-City, Asada Mexican Restaurant in Chula Vista, Castañeda's Mexican Food in Convoy and Kearny Mesa, Colimas Mexican Grill in North Park, El Charro Taco Shop in Midway District, El Compadre in El Cajon, El Pueblo Mexican Restaurant in Encinitas, Los Taquitos in Chula Vista, Mary's Donuts in Santee, Mary's Donuts & Coffee in Lakeside, Oscar's Mexican Food in Poway, Ramberto's Taco Shop in Spring Valley, Rigoberto's Taco Shop in Mira Mesa, Rudford's in Normal Heights, Santana's in Lemon Grove, Sarita's Taco Shop in Casa de Oro, Sesame Donuts in Carmel Mountain Ranch and Vallarta Express in La Mesa. Counted on 5 October 2026. These are regular hours, not holiday hours.

Where can you eat after midnight in San Diego?

48 independent places to eat stay open past midnight at least one night, and 27 of those past 2am. The areas with the most places open past 11pm are Convoy and Kearny Mesa (13), Gaslamp Quarter (9), Chula Vista (7), Mira Mesa (4) and North Park (4).

Which San Diego restaurants are open past 2am without being open all night?

Baba'z Grill in City Heights, Gaslamp Pizza in Gaslamp Quarter, Tacos El Gordo in Chula Vista, La Fachada in Barrio Logan, La Fuente Mexican in Hillcrest, Min Sok Chon in Convoy and Kearny Mesa, Rolberto's Taco Shop in Normal Heights, Tacos El Cabron in Gaslamp Quarter and Xinjiang BBQ in Linda Vista. The list below gives the nights and the closing time for each.

Hours come from OpenStreetMap or from the business's own website, and are regular hours, not holiday hours. 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. Something wrong or missing? Write tohello@hottip.club. If the place is yours, claiming it is free, and then the hours are the ones you set.

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