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>Dolly's in Somerville, a little diner that is
only open between 11pm and 5am

Actually, Dolly's is open from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday-Thursday, and
from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. on weekends. Or so we were told the last time we
checked. Fascinating clientele, too...

Well, in the Medford/Tufts University area, we have:n

Espresso's Pizza, on Boston Ave in Medford, is open
until 3am when classes are in session

Bickfords, Wellington Circle (rts 16 & 28) in Medford, 24hrs, good for
early breakfast (late dinner?)

The Mug & Muffin on Mystic Ave (rt 38) in Medford, 24hrs, good coffee
for folks who aren't quite conscious

Howard Johnsons, Wellington Circle, 24hrs, always crowded, good food, and
they used to have an all-you-can-eat breakfast bar from midnight to
3am or something like that

A few Dunkin' Donuts: Porter Square & Maguin (? Somerville, corner of
Medford St. and Broadway) Square

Personally, we always enjoyed HoJo's after/during a theatre tech
all-nighter...
:-)

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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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Lets add Gyosai (til 2) in Quincy Mkt. and Gyuhama (til 2)
on Boylston st.

Charlie
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<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.

	But the food is good and they have coffee milk (!) even if
your waitron doesn't know it.

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

	But Captain Nemo's next door has about the same hours a better
food.  Nothing to write home about, but it will do.

>22. Charlie's Kitchen (?) - Kenmore Square. Home of the 12-egg
<	omelette. Until 3, but rather greasy.

	Long gone.

<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.

	6AM to 2PM, but also open 11PM to 4AM Wednesday though Sunday.
Good, cheap enough, but small.

	Also add the Boston Beer Works.  "Full Menu 'til 1AM."  Good
food, good beer.

->Spike

Also that felafel/shwarma place that's open all night on Longwood
Avenue roughly across from Children's down towards the medical school
quad.  I forget the name but you don't need the name to get in.

Warning tho, it's take out only, but at least you won't starve and a
lot better than pondering whether or not anything in the Store 24 is
edible.

(lesseee...canned mac and cheese...nah...vienna sausages and a bottle
of mustard and some of that bread with that little blonde girl on the
bag whazzhername...nah...nuke a bean burrito...nah...new larger sized
fritos and authentic bean dip and a 2-liter bottle of a&w cream soda
hey i think we've got it, wonder how it goes with slim jims?)

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In article <20644@ksr.com> harsha@ksr.com (Paul Harsha) writes:

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

IMHO, wretching place - bad food, awfull service, not very clean.
BTW, I have yet to find a good greek restaurant in Boston and
suburbs.

Alex.





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One great place in Watertown is the New York Diner on Mt. Auburn Street,
just outside Watertown Sq. Great breakfast, and a killer turkey club (with
REAL turkey!).


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In article <1993Jan6.141712.27193@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu> milsh@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu (Alex Milshteyn) writes:
>
>BTW, I have yet to find a good greek restaurant in Boston and suburbs.

IMHO, Steve's on Newbury St. isn't that bad, but the one I *really* like is
Schooner's on High St. The restaurant is primarily a seefood place. It has 
greek food on Friday and Saturday nights, when they also have live greek 
music. I am not sure if that part of their menu is available during the week, 
but I don't see why not. They have the best grilled octopus I have had this
side of the Atlantic, and in portions much larger than the ones served in
Greece. 

Angelos


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In article <MSALETNI.93Jan5104246@jade.tufts.edu>, msaletni@jade.tufts.edu (Michael J. Saletnik) writes:
|> A few Dunkin' Donuts: Porter Square & Maguin (? Somerville, corner of
|> Medford St. and Broadway) Square

That's Magoun Square in Somerville.  Another 24-hour Dunkin Donuts
is in Union Square, Somerville.  Conveniently, it's about a block 
from the police station.

Also, if we're in this category of quick sandwiches, the White Hen
Pantry at Mass. Ave and Day Street (beyond Porter Square in Cambridge)
makes cold deli sandwiches 24 hours a day.  They're nothing special,
but they *do* happen to be a half block from my house...

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Also add Buzzy's Famous Roast Beef for bad late night 
foot of Longfellow bridge on Boston side
open 'til 4 AM (hours 8AM-4AM)

and IHOP (International House of Pancakes) in Brighton on Soldier's Field Road
near Watertown.  I think they are still open 24 hours.
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Up the road a ways from the Averof is a nice little family restaurant
called I think "Family eating place" (help on the name?) Very decent
inexpensive Greek food, about 10 plastic-covered tables, good value
for takeout. 
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In article <BETSYS.93Jan6184955@ra.cs.umb.edu> betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz) writes:

   Up the road a ways from the Averof is a nice little family restaurant
   called I think "Family eating place" (help on the name?) Very decent
   inexpensive Greek food, about 10 plastic-covered tables, good value
   for takeout. 

I think you mean the Corner Restaurant.  Decent (though not fantastic)
Greek food.  Often has discount coupons in the Square Deal.

In article <RAY.93Jan7113514@peacock.lcs.mit.edu> ray@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Ray Hirschfeld) writes:
>In article <BETSYS.93Jan6184955@ra.cs.umb.edu> betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz) writes:

>   Up the road a ways from the Averof is a nice little family restaurant
>   called I think "Family eating place" (help on the name?) Very decent
>   inexpensive Greek food, about 10 plastic-covered tables, good value
>   for takeout. 

>I think you mean the Corner Restaurant.  Decent (though not fantastic)
>Greek food.  Often has discount coupons in the Square Deal.

Right that's it! Got the name mixed up with another place. I'll have
to check the Square Deal. It's one of the better local places to eat,
although not worth travelling from another area code for.
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