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Asian fusionThe Fan
Sticky Rice on West Main keeps the kitchen open until 2 am. Asian-fusion sushi, Japanese whisky and the city's most-photographed bucket of tots.
OrderBucket of tots and a sake flight.
TipAfter 11 pm the kitchen pivots; sushi rolls and tots dominate.
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Cocktail barScotts Addition
GWAR Bar on Clay in Scott's Addition runs until 2 am every night. Heavy-metal-themed cocktails, late-night menu, official bar of the band GWAR.
OrderLate night menu with vegan or meat snacks.
TipOpen every night until 2 am; the heaviest scene is post-show.
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British gastropubDowntown
Penny Lane Pub on East Franklin keeps the kitchen running through last call. Boddingtons on tap, fish-and-chips, downtown football crowd weekends.
OrderFish and chips with a pint.
TipSaturday Premier League mornings start early; the bar runs through to 2 am.
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American DinerDowntown
Tarrant's Downtown at 1 West Broad keeps the kitchen running through 10 pm and the bar later. Pizza, pasta and burgers in a former-pharmacy room downtown.
OrderLate pizza and beer.
TipKitchen runs to 10 pm; the bar holds the late seat.
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Cocktail BarCarytown
The Jasper in Carytown is open until 2 am every day. Mattias Hagglund's cocktail bar carries Richmond's late-night drinking room; bartender's choice.
OrderBartender's choice cocktail.
TipThe bar is the seat; the snack menu runs late.