The Frontier Restaurant ★ 4.8
The Frontier on Central Avenue across from UNM in Albuquerque runs daily 05:00 to midnight since 1971, with green chile breakfast burritos and sweet rolls.
OrderGreen chile breakfast burrito and the Frontier sweet roll
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The Frontier on Central Avenue across from UNM in Albuquerque runs daily 05:00 to midnight since 1971, with green chile breakfast burritos and sweet rolls.
OrderGreen chile breakfast burrito and the Frontier sweet roll
F Street Station's downtown long bar stays open to 02:30 most nights since 1944, serving Alaska seafood chowder and burgers until last call.
OrderAlaska seafood chowder and burger
Sovereign Remedies on North Market Street stays open until 23:00 Fri-Sat for late-night cocktails and the kitchen's late menu, which starts after 21:00.
OrderBone marrow, late-night cocktails
TipLate kitchen kicks in after 21:00. The downstairs bar takes walk-ins for cocktails until close.
Sundry and Vice on West 13th Street in OTR runs Cincinnati's late-night cocktail program until 2:30am, the apothecary-themed bar with bitters and tinctures.
OrderCocktails and snacks
Midnight Rambler in the subterranean level of The Joule Hotel is one of the World's 50 Best Bars and stays open until 2am daily. Located in Downtown.
OrderCraft cocktails; small bar plates; charcuterie
TipWalk-in only; no reservations. Rotating seasonal cocktail list. Charcuterie and cheese plates run until close. Dress up slightly.
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.
OrderStirred whiskey cocktails and bar snacks
TipReservations only via website. Late slot at 22:00 is the post-dinner option after Bludorn or March.
Raku on Spring Mountain in Las Vegas is the Mitsuo Endo izakaya that draws Strip line cooks after midnight, robata until 03:00 and a tofu made fresh.
OrderRobata skewers, agedashi tofu, the line-cook industry plate
TipBook 24 hours ahead or arrive after 23:00 for the bar; agedashi tofu, kurobuta pork belly skewers and the soba salad are the standing late-night order.
Hammerheads in Germantown Louisville smokes lamb ribs and BBQ sliders until 22:00 from a Swan Street basement, the after-dinner room locals book for a second.
OrderSmoked lamb ribs, BBQ sliders
TipNo reservations. Get in before 18:00 or expect a 45-minute wait on weekends.
Pizza Luce Downtown in Minneapolis runs the city's anchor late-night slice counter on North 4th Street, open until 2:30am every night with late-night happy.
OrderPizza by the slice and signature pies
TipLate Night with Lucé happy hour 22:00 to close Monday through Thursday cuts beverages and appetizers; the slice counter is open at the bar.
Patrick Burke's Eastland Avenue ramen and izakaya counter in East Nashville serves the city's reliable late-night bowl: tonkotsu, miso, karaage and sake.
OrderTonkotsu ramen and izakaya plates
TipFriday and Saturday kitchen runs until 23:00; happy hour 16:00-18:00 covers $5 small plates and discounted sake.
Minetta Tavern on MacDougal runs the kitchen until 02:00 in Greenwich Village New York City. The Black Label burger is on the late-night menu.
OrderBlack Label burger and pommes frites
TipThe kitchen serves the full menu until 02:00. The bar takes burgers and steak frites past midnight without a wait.
Tacos Sinaloa on International Boulevard runs the East Bay's most-loved late-night taco truck. Every night until 1 a.m. Family-run since 1999.
OrderSuadero or adobada tacos at midnight.
TipThe truck cooks past midnight every night; cash only at the window.
Primanti Bros on 18th Street in the Strip District serves its fries-inside sandwich late in Pittsburgh. The 1933 original runs to 2am on weekends.
OrderAlmost Famous sandwich
Open until 02:00 most nights, 03:00 weekends, the 1946 Olneyville hot wiener counter is Providence's late-night feed. James Beard America's Classics 2014.
OrderHot wieners 'all the way'
El Farolito in San Francisco is the Mission's all-night taqueria on 24th and Mission, with the super burrito al pastor the city eats at 01:00 every weekend.
OrderSuper burrito al pastor with everything, plus a Mexican Coke.
TipThe 23:00-01:00 window has the fastest line of the night; arrive at 01:30 and the line stretches outside.
A 24-hour griddle institution, Courtesy Diner serves the classic St. Louis slinger and diner plates around the clock, a reliable for after-bar meals.
OrderThe slinger and griddle classics
TipThe slinger at 3am is the rite of passage here. Cash and card both work; the counter stools fill late on weekends.
La Teresita's counter runs until midnight on Friday and Saturday, serving Cuban breakfast, palomilla steak and cafecito to the West Tampa late crowd.
OrderPalomilla steak with rice
El Guero Canelo on South 12th Avenue in Tucson runs late into the night with bacon-wrapped Sonoran dogos and carne asada caramelos until 22:00 daily.
OrderSonoran hot dog
Apothecary Lounge inside Hotel Parq Central on Central Avenue in Albuquerque's EDo runs Prohibition era classics until midnight on the rooftop with a long.
OrderProhibition era classics and bar plates
Octopus Bar in Atlanta is the East Atlanta after-service room: a 22:30-02:30 small-plates kitchen on the So Ba patio, So Ba owner Nhan Le's late shift.
OrderSalt and pepper Georgia shrimp, uni sashimi, lobster cream pasta
TipDoors open at 22:30 sharp. The industry crowd queues the patio of So Ba by 22:00 on Fridays; bring a book.
Camp Washington on Colerain Avenue in Cincinnati's Camp Washington runs 24 hours Monday through Saturday, the city's late-night chili counter since 1940.
OrderCincinnati 5-way, cheese coney, double-decker sandwich
Velvet Tango Room on Columbus Road in Tremont, Paulius Nasvytis's craft cocktail room since 1996, runs scratch drinks and small plates on weekends to 01:00.
OrderPre-Prohibition cocktails and small plates
Saint Valentine on Bryan Street is the most sophisticated late-night option in East Dallas: a craft cocktail bar from two veteran Dallas bartenders open.
OrderCaviar hash browns, miso garlic noodles, craft cocktails
TipThe goose fat-washed Martini with enoki vermouth is the cocktail to order. The miso noodles are the best late-night food on the menu.
An 11-seat reservation-only speakeasy inside Cheeni with a 2025 James Beard Best New Bar semifinalist nod. The themed cocktail programme rotates monthly.
OrderChef's choice off-menu cocktail
Leo's Tacos Truck on La Brea, Los Angeles carves al pastor until 02:00 nightly. Three permanent truck locations, the La Brea stop is the busiest.
OrderAl pastor and asada tacos
Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland has poured since 1883 at Jack London Square. The building leans from the 1906 quake; original gas lighting.
OrderWhiskey neat at the leaning bar.
TipThe building leans visibly from the 1906 quake; the floor still slopes. Cash only, photos welcome.
Hanson's Shoe Repair rooftop tiki speakeasy on East Pine Street runs until 02:00 Tuesday through Saturday, with rotating tiki classics and a daily password.
OrderTiki cocktails and bar snacks
Hop Sing Laundromat in Philadelphia is the unmarked Chinatown speakeasy on Race Street, open Friday and Saturday past midnight with 1,000-plus rare spirits.
OrderRare-spirits cocktails
Umami on 38th Street in Lawrenceville runs a late izakaya kitchen in Pittsburgh. Yakitori, ramen and Japanese highballs on the koi-pond patio into the night.
OrderYakitori and ramen
The Parlor Dim Sum on Butler Street in Lawrenceville serves Cantonese late on weekends in Pittsburgh. Dim sum, char siu and dumplings to midnight on Fridays.
OrderDim sum and Cantonese barbecue

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