Where to eat in Bologna after midnight, and the classic 2am move.
Where to eat in Bologna after midnight. kitchens that keep going, post-bar staples and the classic 2am move.
Tamburini in Bologna's Quadrilatero runs the self-service food hall until 22:00 with salumi taglieri, the daily-changing pasta-by-weight tray.
Try: Salumi tagliere, daily pasta
Tip: Self-service runs 11:00-22:00; aperitivo starts at 18:00. The kitchen stops at 21:30.
Le Stanze in Bologna near Via Indipendenza is the cocktail bar built into a 16th-century chapel with the late-night cocktail carte to 02:00 Friday.
Try: Cocktail carte, small plates
Tip: Walk-in works for the bar; the late-night cocktail crowd takes over after 23:00. The dining room closes at 23:30.
Nu Lounge Bar in Bologna's Centro Storico is the city's pioneering tiki cocktail bar from Daniele Dalla Pola, with a daily tiki carte, the late-night.
Try: Tiki cocktails, late-night snacks
Tip: Walk-in works; the late-night standing crowd takes over after 22:30. The Mai Tai and the tiki carte are the order.
Pizzeria Altero on Via dell'Indipendenza in Bologna is the 1957-founded pizza-al-taglio counter, an old-school Bolognese counter serving slabs of pizza rossa.
Try: Pizza al taglio
Tip: Take-away counter runs 11:00-22:00; the pizza rossa is 3 euros per slab and the queue thins after the lunch peak.
Astral Beers Pub on Via Castiglione one block south of the Two Towers is the small-room craft beer bar with a rotating tap of Italian micro-breweries.
Try: Craft beer, pub snacks
Tip: Walk-in works; the tap list rotates and the staff will walk you through the IPAs, sours and stouts. Kitchen runs pub snacks only.
Moonbow in Bologna's Centro Storico is the Antonio Lai speakeasy cocktail bar, with a 12-seat bar standing crowd, smoked-and-aged classics. Family-friendly.
Try: Cocktails, snacks
Tip: Book three days ahead online; the bar seats 12 and walk-ins are accepted only before 22:00.
Freakout Club in Bologna's San Vitale is the late-night cocktail bar with rotating DJs, modern Italian cocktails and the standing crowd from 23:00-04:00.
Try: Cocktails, snacks
Tip: Walk-in only; the bar runs 22:00-04:00 Friday and Saturday and 22:00-02:00 mid-week.