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Probably not worth solving, certainly not something I would solve myself but...

I'm up late all the time working. True nightowl you could say. The earliest I'd go to bed is 6am. I sleep during the day and wake up around noon at the latest. I don't lack sleep, this schedule works for me. Point is, I'm up late and I'm sure there are others like me.

I get hungry often. I don't cook. Few places if any are open. Those that do are unknown (what little and inccurately Yelp tries to cover with hours filtering) and certainly don't deliver.

Broken solution, I'd like a list of all places open late, what they serve, and a way to get it delivered. I'd pay premium for it. I would task rabbit it or something but I don't know many rabbits working that late and certainly not a good enough resource to figure out what places are open. Not changing my sleep schedule either, f that.



What does "I don't cook" mean? You don't like to cook? You don't know how to cook? You don't have the physical means of cooking?

To me that sounds like the real problem to solve.


I can cook some basic dishes, but I don't want to. I don't want to learn how to cook more stuff. I don't want to exert time or effort towards doing so, and the cost savings, etc... don't really matter to me. I've been eating out almost exclusively for the most part in the last 15 years. Might not be the healthiest or most ideal, but not really the issue I'm addressing here. My original point is I want a list of places open late, what they serve, and a way to get food delivered. I'd pay a premium for that. I'm sure other nightowls working late in the bay (anywhere too) would too even if they can cook, etc...


The commenter will have to come to that conclusion on his/her own, if ever. You projecting your values on to them in a patronizing tone that doesn't answer his challenge is not a helpful contribution to the conversation.


Wow. I was going to write a reply, but then I realized your own comment is a perfect reply to itself!


Given how few places are open at, say, 1am, Yelp tends to work fine. Just use the 'open now' filter


It does not. I even specifically mentioned this in my OP. Yelp filters are busted because most of the hours posted on many establishments on Yelp are off basis in my experience. Some lack hours altogether.


Sorry, missed that part.

Out of curiosity, where do you live? AFAIK, Yelp's hours are user-submitted, so you might just be in a place with low yelp usage.

I reside in their home city (SF), and I've rarely ever had issues with faulty hours. In your case, you might just need to hire someone to collect the data, since individually no one has enough incentive to do so.


It sounds like that would be solved by some sort of 24 hr personal delivery service ... preferably local to you and on some form of cheap transport like a bike. Its been attempted at least once before ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozmo.com




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