By the clock in San Diego
Where to eat in San Diego right now
Hot Tip has opening hours on record for 1,794 independent places in San Diego County, counted on : 883 places to eat, 99 bars, 253 coffee shops and bakeries, 384 shops and 175 barbers and salons. This page checks every one against the clock in San Diego and lists the ones open at the minute you read it.
Counted from the live Hot Tip map. Listings start from OpenStreetMap and are corrected by hand.
Regular hours, not holiday hours. A name links to the full listing, with the whole week, the website and the phone.
What this page is working from
Places with opening hours on record on , by kind and by part of the county. That is 1,794 of the 6,479 independent places on the map. The rest have no hours on record, and a place with no hours on record is never listed as open.
| With hours on record | All | Central San Diego | Coastal San Diego | North County coastal | North County inland | East County | South Bay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 883 | 444 | 81 | 94 | 109 | 101 | 54 |
| Bars | 99 | 60 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Coffee | 253 | 132 | 33 | 23 | 32 | 23 | 10 |
| Shops | 384 | 173 | 31 | 41 | 43 | 59 | 37 |
| Barbers and salons | 175 | 66 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 33 | 17 |
| All kinds | 1,794 | 875 | 167 | 179 | 225 | 224 | 124 |
Shops here takes in liquor stores, opticians and pet groomers, which the neighborhood pages list under headings of their own.
How many places to eat are open, hour by hour
Of the 883 independent places to eat with hours on record. Midnight and 2am belong to the night before: the Friday column at 2am is the small hours of Saturday.
| Time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7am | 116 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 121 | 110 | 97 |
| 10am | 292 | 306 | 306 | 310 | 314 | 326 | 309 |
| 1pm | 712 | 773 | 790 | 800 | 808 | 795 | 742 |
| 4pm | 662 | 709 | 729 | 739 | 747 | 738 | 695 |
| 7pm | 662 | 719 | 741 | 752 | 754 | 738 | 681 |
| 10pm | 95 | 100 | 104 | 111 | 168 | 165 | 92 |
| Midnight | 30 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 47 | 48 | 30 |
| 2am | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 21 |
Later than that
Questions this page answers
What restaurants are open right now in San Diego?
The list at the top of this page answers that at the minute you load it, from the 883 independent places to eat with hours on record. As a guide, counted on 5 October 2026: 754 of them are open at 7pm on a Friday, 168 at 10pm, 47 at midnight and 27 at 2am.
Where to go for dinner tonight in San Diego?
At 7pm, between 662 and 754 independent places to eat with hours on record are open, depending on the night. Monday is the thinnest: 662. Pick Restaurants and your part of the county above to see tonight's, or open Hot Tip and it picks one near you.
How does this page know what is open?
It carries each place's week of opening hours and compares it with the time in San Diego, whatever time zone your device is set to. It reads regular hours only. It does not know about holidays, a private party, or a kitchen that shut early.
Why is a place I know missing?
Usually because it has no hours on record. Of the 6,479 independent places on the map, 1,794 have hours this page can use. A place with no hours on record is never listed as open, here or in the app. The other reason is that it is a chain, and chains are not on the map at all.
Or let it pick one.
A list is a lot to read when you are hungry. Hot Tip asks three things, then answers with one independent place near you that is open right now.
Free. A first name and an email, and no password.
