Burgers$$Until Bar 24 hours; kitchen until 03:00
Buffa's Bar in New Orleans is the Esplanade Avenue corner bar at North Rampart on the Quarter-Marigny edge, a 24-hour bar with a back kitchen plating burgers.
Try: Bacon double cheeseburger
Tip: Live music in the back room most nights; the burger with bacon is the canonical late-night meal.
Seafood$$Until Daily kitchen until 22:00
Acme Oyster House in New Orleans is the 1910 Iberville Street oyster bar between Bourbon and Royal, with char-grilled oysters and the shucker counter running.
Try: Char-grilled oysters
Tip: Closing time is 22:00 daily; the back of the room runs faster than the front raw bar after 21:00.
Irish$$Daily 10:00-06:00Until Bar until 03:00
Molly's at the Market in New Orleans is the Decatur Street dive bar by the French Market, open 10:00-03:00 daily, famous for its frozen Irish coffee.
Try: Frozen Irish coffee
Tip: Open 10:00 every day; frozen Irish coffee is the signature order and the room runs to 03:00 nightly.
Pizzeria$$Until Fri Sat kitchen until 23:00
Pizza Delicious in New Orleans is the Bywater pizzeria on Piety Street, with New York cheese slices and a Friday and Saturday kitchen running to 23:00.
Try: Cheese slice
Tip: The cheese slice is the canonical order; the Friday and Saturday lines stretch into the patio.
Cajun & Creole$$Until Open 24 hours daily
Verti Marte in New Orleans is the 24-hour Royal Street deli at Governor Nicholls in the French Quarter, with the All That Jazz po-boy as the cult 03:00 order.
Try: All That Jazz po-boy
Tip: Phone the deli for delivery to a Quarter hotel; the All That Jazz is the canonical late-night order.
Cajun & Creole$$Until Kitchen until 02:00
Coop's Place in New Orleans is the Decatur Street Cajun dive open since 1983, with the kitchen running until 02:00 nightly and rabbit-and-sausage jambalaya.
Try: Rabbit and sausage jambalaya
Tip: Dive bar atmosphere through to closing; the bar runs Abita and well drinks until kitchen close.