01-16-2009, 02:36 AM
One of the enduring shames of San Francisco is that it has a nearly non-existent Late-Night Dining scene. For me, "Late-Night" starts at 10 p.m., when most restaurants around town are closing. It is also when I get done with work Monday through Thursday evenings. If you are ever visiting the Barbary Coast past the parochial closing time of most of the eateries and in need of a gnosh, here are some places to try. Please bear in mind that beggars are not at any time allowed to be choosers. If you want to be a "chooser", look for food before 10 p.m..
North Beach: Cavalli Caffe (Stockton at Columbus, next to the BofA). Italian food run by a strident Italian guy named Santo. Makes the food there from scratch and serves Danesi coffee from Rome. Good eats and great coffee. Serving until 1 a.m..
Calzone's: Columbus Ave near Vallejo. Owned by same company that owns the Stinking Rose restaurants. Generic Italian, serving until Midnight, sidewalk dining.
Yuet Lee, Broadway at Stockton. Chinese. Don't look at your food too closely, just eat.
Mission District: Pancho Villa, 16th Street between Mission and Valencia. Serving until midnight-ish. Very, very good and fresh mexican food.
El Farolito Mission and 24th Street. Burritos until 2 a.m.. Enough said.
Sparky's Diner. Church Street near Market (border of Mission and Castro). Open 24 hours and the crowd only gets more interesting as the night goes on. Play the "is that a dude or a chick?" game and have some fries.
Tenderloin: Bob's Donuts, Polk St. near Washington. Best damn hand-made donuts and always fresh late at night - that's when they start making them for morning deliveries.
Richmond District: King of Thai Noodle House. Three locations on Clement and Geary (near 4th and 6th streets).
24-hour Big Heart Video Cafe, Geary Blvd. Like Sparky's, but they always have action movies playing on the many large-screen TV's scattered around the place. Late night crowd is a mix of USF students, Triad guys and young Russian Mafia dudes.
Please add what you know to this list, either in Frisco or in your town.
North Beach: Cavalli Caffe (Stockton at Columbus, next to the BofA). Italian food run by a strident Italian guy named Santo. Makes the food there from scratch and serves Danesi coffee from Rome. Good eats and great coffee. Serving until 1 a.m..
Calzone's: Columbus Ave near Vallejo. Owned by same company that owns the Stinking Rose restaurants. Generic Italian, serving until Midnight, sidewalk dining.
Yuet Lee, Broadway at Stockton. Chinese. Don't look at your food too closely, just eat.
Mission District: Pancho Villa, 16th Street between Mission and Valencia. Serving until midnight-ish. Very, very good and fresh mexican food.
El Farolito Mission and 24th Street. Burritos until 2 a.m.. Enough said.
Sparky's Diner. Church Street near Market (border of Mission and Castro). Open 24 hours and the crowd only gets more interesting as the night goes on. Play the "is that a dude or a chick?" game and have some fries.
Tenderloin: Bob's Donuts, Polk St. near Washington. Best damn hand-made donuts and always fresh late at night - that's when they start making them for morning deliveries.
Richmond District: King of Thai Noodle House. Three locations on Clement and Geary (near 4th and 6th streets).
24-hour Big Heart Video Cafe, Geary Blvd. Like Sparky's, but they always have action movies playing on the many large-screen TV's scattered around the place. Late night crowd is a mix of USF students, Triad guys and young Russian Mafia dudes.
Please add what you know to this list, either in Frisco or in your town.
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