4 late night in Bologna, editor-picked for late-night weekend eats. Where to eat past midnight on a weekend night. All late night in Bologna.
Nu Lounge Bar ★ 4.4
Via de' Musei 6, 40124 Bologna BO
Hours: Mon-Sat 15:00-02:30; Sun 15:00-02:30
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.
Tip: Walk-in works; the late-night standing crowd takes over after 22:30. The Mai Tai and the tiki carte are the order.
Le Stanze ★ 4.3
Via del Borgo San Pietro 1, 40126 Bologna
Hours: Tue-Sun 11:00-01:00; Mon closed
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.
Tip: Walk-in works for the bar; the late-night cocktail crowd takes over after 23:00. The dining room closes at 23:30.
Pizzeria Altero ★ 4.2
Via dell'Indipendenza 39, 40121 Bologna BO
Hours: Sun-Thu 09:00-00:30; Fri 09:00-01:30; Sat 09:00-02:30
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.
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 ★ 4.2
Via Castiglione 13/B, 40124 Bologna BO
Hours: Mon-Thu 18:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 18:00-01:00; Sun closed
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.
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.