Where can you eat late at night or 24 hours in San Diego?

San Diego is not a big 24-hour city, and plenty of places listed as 'open late' online close at 10 or 11 p.m. Below are the places whose hours we could confirm this fall from their own sites or recently updated listings. We left out places with conflicting hours: Brian's 24 in the Gaslamp says on its website that it serves 24 hours, but a listing updated in May 2026 shows daytime hours, so call before you walk over.

Truly 24 hours

Rudford's Restaurant (North Park, 2900 El Cajon Blvd) is the classic: its site says it is open 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, and has been on the boulevard since 1949. It asks overnight diners to pay by card. For tacos, Cotixan lists all three of its San Diego-area shops as open 24 hours: Clairemont (4370 Genesee Ave), Mira Mesa (8214 Mira Mesa Blvd) and Encinitas (219 N El Camino Real). If you're new to the burrito scene, start with our California burrito explainer and why so many taco shops end in -berto's.

Gaslamp and downtown after the bars

Tacos El Gordo (511 F St) is the after-bar standby: its site lists 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 4 a.m. Friday and Saturday, with validated parking at the Horton Plaza garage. The Melt (635 Fifth Ave, between Market and G) lists burgers and grilled cheese until 3 a.m. daily on its locations page. Both are a short walk from the rideshare pickup spots below.

Convoy: Korean food until 1-3 a.m.

Min Sok Chon (4620 Convoy St) is the late Korean pick named by San Diego Magazine; a listing updated in May 2026 shows it open from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m., and to 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Dalbam Moon Night (4425 Convoy St), also on the magazine's list, is a pocha-style spot open until 1 a.m. Tuesday-Saturday and midnight Sunday, closed Monday, per the same May 2026 listing. Call ahead on weeknights: we could not read hours on either restaurant's own site.

South Bay and Coronado

Tacos El Gordo's Chula Vista shop (556 Broadway) keeps the same 2 a.m./4 a.m. hours as downtown; its Palm Ave shop (3265 Palm Ave, 92154) closes at 1 a.m., 2 a.m. on weekends. In Coronado, Crack Taco Shop (1009 Orange Ave) serves until 2 a.m., per a December 2025 Coronado Times column. If you're crossing on the ferry, check the last boat first in our Coronado ferry schedule.

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Gaslamp & Downtown

1. 1Tacos El Gordo (Downtown) — To 2 a.m.; 4 a.m. Fri-Sat
2. 2The Melt — Burgers, to 3 a.m. daily

North Park

1. 3Rudford's Restaurant — 24 hours, every day

Convoy

1. 4Min Sok Chon — Korean; to 2 a.m., 3 a.m. Fri-Sat
2. 5Dalbam Moon Night — To 1 a.m.; closed Mondays

24-hour taco shops

1. 6Cotixan Clairemont — 24 hours
2. 7Cotixan Mira Mesa — 24 hours
3. 8Cotixan Encinitas — 24 hours

South Bay

1. 9Tacos El Gordo (Chula Vista) — To 2 a.m.; 4 a.m. Fri-Sat
2. 10Tacos El Gordo (Palm Ave) — To 1 a.m.; 2 a.m. Fri-Sat

Coronado

1. 11Crack Taco Shop — 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.

Hours from each place's site or a May 2026 listing, checked Nov 3, 2026. Hours change on holidays; call ahead.

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