From: harsha@ksr.com (Paul Harsha)
Newsgroups: ne.food
Subject: Re: Late night food in Boston
Date: 5 Jan 93 10:57:55 EST
Distribution: ne

davec@world.std.com (Dave Caswell) writes:

>As anyone ever put together a list of late night food places in the
>Boston area??  It seems that the Boston area has an amazing number of
>inconvenient food outlets -- like Denny's that close at 11:00 pm, long
>before I'd be desperate enough to try eating there.  But it also has
>little know jems like Dolly's in Somerville, a little diner that is
>only open between 11pm and 5am.  

There is such a list.  I've enclosed the latest version I have.

>So where are your favorite places to grab a meal at 2:30 am??

My favorite is the Downtown Cafe (located on Washington by the Chinatown
T-stop).  It's open 'til about 4:00 depending on the night and how late the
owner feels like staying and has a nice varied menu - everything from omeletes
to blintzes to steak with onion boursin.  Everything is made from scratch (it
says so on their coffee cups) and the food is excellent.  Prices are in the $6
range. 

-Paul

From: ross@mecha.mit.edu (Ross Levinsky)
Newsgroups: ne.food
Subject: Late-night food list
Date: 4 Jun 92 11:00:56 EDT

Hi, all.

Here's the latest list. Any additions/corrections will be welcomed; any
flames about "I went there and it was lousy!" will be ignored. 

Please don't take my closing times as gospel, either. Call ahead.

			
				       Ross



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1. Hi-Fi - pizza, on Mass. Ave in Cambridge. 3 A.M. weeknights, 4 or
	later on weekends. Dependable.

2. Little Stevie's House of Pizza - Near Berklee Skool of Muzak. Open
	   till aroudn 3 A.M. Wretched pizza.

3. Columbia House of Pizza - Mass. Ave. and Columbia, in Boston. Open
   	1 or 2.

4. IHOP - Soldiers Field Rd. is open 24-7, Harvard Street in Brookline
	and Belmont (near Alewife Brook Pkway.) are only open late
   	on weekends.

5. Denny's - Woburn, Lynn and Lexington. Never been, never gonna go. The
	one in Lexington isn't open 24 hours.

6. Bickford's - Medford and Dedham, but I don't think they're open late
	anymore. Bad food.

7. Chinatown - Dynasty, Moon Villa, and Lucky Dragon are okay and open
	 till 4. The 2nd Story Eatery is cheap, tasty, and has variety
	 but closes between 12:30 and 2, depending on business.

8. Riley's - Harvard Street in Allston and perhaps a few other places.
	Nasty roast beef. Till 3, I think.

9. Buzzy's - Near the old Charles St. jail. Need I say more? Yuck.

10. Kelly's - Revere Beach. Open till 2:30 weeknights, 3 weekends. Truly
	great roast beef, and a really amusing collection of chest hair,
	gold chains, and IROC Z's on summer nights. Go and be
	astonished; pray that they don't vote or reproduce...

11. Blue Diner - all night (nomianally) Tuesday-Saturday. Good food, 
	but a bit pricey for what you get. Just east of Chinatown.

12. The Golden Egg - Somerville (or maybe Medford), just west of
	93. IHOP-style place, but I think it's a bit tastier. Open
	24-7, I think.

13. Robert's Restaurant - Revere Beach Parkway, on the road to Kelly's.
	Tried to go once, but it looked most unpleasant.

14. Howard Johnson's - Near the big intersection of 28, 16, 38, and
	Kappy's, in Medford. Never been.

15. The Tasty - Harvard Square. Never been.

16. Deli Haus - Kenmore Square. Open till 2 or 3, but they're really
	uncool to late-night customers. I advise you to take your
	business elsewhere.

17. Kupel's - bagel place on Harvard St. in Brookline. Great bagels, but
	it closes around midnight. Opens at 6 A.M., though, so you can
	have breakfast.

18. Sami's - falafel place on Longwood St., in Brookline. Opposite
	Children's Hospital. Safe, pleasant, all-night
	falafel/middle-eastern food at decent prices. Great 
	variability in quality, though. Nice outdoor seating on a
	summer night.
	
19. Express (or maybe Espresso?) Pizza - on the Medford side of the
	hill that Tufts U. inhabits. Open till 2, I think. So-so
	pizza.

20. Pizza Pad - Kenmore Sq. Until 2, but a pretty nasty dining 
	experience.

21. Joe's American Bar and Grill. Dartmouth St. in Boston. Until
	midnight, but more pricey than other places on the list.

22. Charlie's Kitchen (?) - Kenmore Square. Home of the 12-egg
	omelette. Until 3, but rather greasy. There's one in
	Harvard Square, also, but I don't know the hours.

23. Uno's - pizza place with many branches. Until 1 or 2, at least
	at the Harvard Square branch.

24. Averof - Greek-Lebanese food near Porter Square. Until 2 on Friday
	and Saturday, 1 on other days. Never been.

25. Border Cafe - Harvard Sq. Late-night menu from 11 to 1 or 2. 

26. Cafe Pompeii - North End. Open until 4 on weekends. Java, pizza,
	calzones - not bad.

27. Nathan's - Comm. Ave, by BU. Open 'till 3 A.M. The famed Coney
	Island hot dog chain. I'm sure it can't be as good as the
	original...

28. Dolly's at Kay and Chips - Near Davis Square, in Somerville. Open
	strange days until late. Never been, but reputed to be like
	breakfast in someone's living room. Recently remodeled.

29. Pat's Diner - Just off Watertown Square, back towards Boston. Open
	very strange hours - 11:30 P.M. until approx. 10 A.M. seven days
	a week (I think). Pretty cheap and tasty, but expect a wait.
	Small and almost Kafkaesque with its mid-50s rec-room style.

30. New Yorker Diner - Going into Watertown Square from Mt. Auburn St.
	Until 3 A.M. Cheap, clean, tasty, less crowded/better decor than
	Pat's.

31 Cafe Rose. One block before the New Yorker Diner; Friday and Saturday
	nights till 4 or 5. Breakfast and Middle Eastern food in a 
	rose-colored, pretty nice place. Good prices. Tasty. The two
	times I've been they gave us a free basket of pita, which is unusual
	for the late-night scene.

32. Crossroads - on Beacon Street, just west of Mass. Ave. Nasty, but 
	open till 12 or 1. 

33. Division 16 - Boylston St., near ICA. Trendy food until 2, I think.

34. Bova's (Italian?) Bakery - In the North End, on Prince Street (I
	think). 24 hours. Slightly nasty pizza, so-so cannolis, lots of other
	bakery-type stuff.

35. The Batter's Box - Near Fenway Park. Tasty burgers, fries, etc. 
	Until 3 A.M. Wednesday through Sunday. 



	
	
   

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