Hot food. Now.
Restaurants near you, open now: Ticino
Kitchen open all afternoon, 2–6 pm – late lunch after the lunch service.
Find a hot kitchen nowIn Ticino, MangiaNow currently shows 6 places with a confirmed hot kitchen between 2 and 6 pm (at least 60 minutes, on at least one day a week), 6 of them also between 3 and 6 pm. On a normal Wednesday it is 6, on a Sunday 6. Updated: 10.11.2026.
After the lakeside promenade in Lugano, the Piazza Grande in Locarno or a stroll through Ascona it is quickly 3 pm – and many ristoranti and grotti have closed their kitchen by then. MangiaNow shows you, in Lugano and around Locarno, Ascona and Losone, only places with documented afternoon kitchen hours.
Restaurants open in the afternoon: towns – Ticino
Number of places per town with a hot kitchen between 2 and 6 pm. Names, map and drive time are in the app.
- Lugano – 3 places
- Locarno – 1 place
- Losone – 1 place
- Muralto – 1 place
By type of place – Ticino
Late lunch: when do people eat here?
Lunch is mostly served until about 2 or 2:30 pm, dinner from about 6–6:30 pm. In between many kitchens are closed.
Kitchen open all afternoon: tips
Tip: many grotti are only open from about April to the end of October. In winter, check the app before you set off: it only shows kitchens with documented hours.
We only show kitchens with documented hours: on the venue’s own website or confirmed directly by the venue. Drive times are calculated with OSRM, never estimated.
In the app: where kitchens are cooking right now
Names, kitchen hours, map and drive time are only in the app. The purchase costs €0.99 / CHF 1.
FAQ
Which restaurants near me are open now – Ticino?
In Ticino we currently know 6 places with a confirmed hot kitchen in the afternoon (2–6 pm, updated 10.11.2026). The app shows which kitchen is cooking right now – with names, map and drive time.
Where can I get hot food in Ticino between 2 and 6 pm?
At the 6 places with a confirmed hot kitchen in that window; on a normal Wednesday it is 6. The ones open right now are in the app.
Late lunch in Ticino: when do people eat?
Lunch is mostly served until about 2 or 2:30 pm, dinner from about 6–6:30 pm. In between many kitchens are closed.
Where do the kitchen hours come from?
Only from documented sources: the venue’s own website or direct confirmation by the venue. Opening hours are not cooking hours – we only show kitchens that really serve hot food.