Anvil Bar & Refuge in Houston is the Montrose cocktail bar on Westheimer open to 2am, with the 100-cocktail list, a small bar-snack menu and the city's after-dinner anchor since 2009.
Tip: Sit at the back bar to see the cocktail program. Order the Brave, then ask the bartender for an off-menu stirred drink.
Address: 1424 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77006
Better Luck Tomorrow in Houston is the Heights cocktail bar on Yale Street from Bobby Heugel and Justin Yu, open to midnight, with the BLT burger and a low-lit room for late dinners.
Try: BLT burger and stirred cocktails
Tip: The BLT burger is the late-night food order. Sit at the bar to see the cocktail program in action.
Frenchy's Chicken in Houston is the 1969 Third Ward Creole fried chicken counter on Scott Street, open until midnight Fri-Sat with the Sunday-and-late-Friday institution from Texas Southern.
Try: Creole fried chicken
Tip: Friday and Saturday past 11pm gets the after-club crowd. Three-piece dark with dirty rice is the order.
Tacos Tierra Caliente in Houston is the West Alabama taco truck open until 10pm in Montrose, with al pastor from the trompo and an ice house next door for the late-night chef crowd.
Try: Tacos al pastor
Tip: Three al pastor with pineapple and a consomme. The West Alabama Ice House next door is open later for beers.
Refuge in Houston is Bobby Heugel's late-night cocktail apartment on Westheimer Road, above Anvil, with reservations-only stirred cocktails and a snack menu open to 2am.
Try: Stirred whiskey cocktails and bar snacks
Tip: Reservations only via website. Late slot at 22:00 is the post-dinner option after Bludorn or March.
