Mickey’s Diner
The 24-hour 1939 railcar diner on the National Register of Historic Places. At any hour the booths have absorbed every kind of human drama. The corned beef hash is the late-night order.
Read full entry →The Twin Cities is not a 24-hour town, but a small set of kitchens stay open well past 11pm. These are the places to know when the show ended late, the bar is closing, or you just landed.
The 24-hour 1939 railcar diner on the National Register of Historic Places. At any hour the booths have absorbed every kind of human drama. The corned beef hash is the late-night order.
Read full entry →Big slices, novelty toppings (mac and cheese, gyro, chicken alfredo), and a counter that stays open well past midnight on weekends. A Dinkytown rite of passage for U of M students.
Read full entry →The downtown flagship runs until about 2:30am most nights, with a full kitchen serving wings, sandwiches, and the city’s most familiar specialty pies. Reliable last stop after a show at First Avenue.
Read full entry →A Lake Street counter open until 2am weekdays and 3am weekends, which makes it one of the latest kitchens in the city. Tacos al pastor, tortas, and Jalisco-style birria are the standard order.
Read full entry →Open until 1am daily, with the full menu running until midnight and a long late-night happy hour. One of the few places where you can still get good seafood and a careful cocktail close to closing.
Read full entry →Open from 8am to midnight every day, with a menu that has stayed mostly vegan and vegetarian for decades. The kind of room that has its own gravity, with strong coffee and a long counter.
Read full entry →Open until 2am with the kitchen cooking until 11. A workable late stop if your group still wants to grill meat at the table after most other rooms have started flipping chairs.
Read full entry →Isaac Becker’s North Loop room serves until midnight Mon-Thu and 1am Fri-Sat. Late-night plates from a James Beard-winning kitchen are a rare combination anywhere in America.
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