Best Late-Night Eats in DC - DC Clubbing

Best Late-Night Eats in DC

So you’ve just finished downing that last Tito’s and soda when the blinding house lights go up and it’s time to go. Now what? Go home? Please. If you’re like 99% of drinkers in DC on any given weekend (or weekday, let’s be real), your first thought is that you TOTALLY NEED FOOD RIGHT NOW. You probably don’t really need to eat, but hey – you’re hammered, craving something delicious, and have just enough stamina and coordination left in you to shove a plate full of goodness into your face before finally calling that Uber home. So here are the best late-night options the city has to offer: open until 3am or later and rated amazing by everyone.

 

Amsterdam Falafelshop

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Locations: One in Adams Morgan and one on the 14th Street corridor
Hours: Open until 3am on Thursday, 4am Friday-Saturday
Price Range: $5-8
Drunk Score: Falafel wrap and fries for $5 and change plus a plethora of other Mediterranean options (chick pea salad, pickled veggies, baba ganoush, etc) – we give this place a solid for being not only delicious, but unique. Not many places like this are open late-night in the district. Can we change that? Photo courtesy of yelp.com

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&Pizza

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Locations: A lot! But the ones open late are located on K Street, Dupont Circle, and U.
Hours: The stores mentioned above are open until 4am on weekends.
Price Range: Under $10 for everything unless you want a beer or something on the side. Did we mention that? They also serve beers on tap and wine.
Drunk Score: It’s basically like Chipotle but for PERSONAL PIZZAS: Choose your dough, 8 different sauces, 20 different toppings, fresh oven baked, and even more cold topping options on top of that. A+. Actually, add another + for the bonus late-night alcohol. A++  Photo courtesy of yelp.com

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NewBigWong

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Location: Chinatown, near the Metro
Hours: 3am during the week, 5am on weekends
Price Range: Average for Chinese take out, expect to spend $8-15
Drunk Score: Besides the fact that the name makes us all giggle, the food is delicious. We’d give it an A- for it’s awesome downtown location around the corner from the Gallery Place Metro, but dropped it down to a B+ because of how full of grease and regret we feel after eating it.  Photo courtesy of newbigwong.com

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Oohh’s & Aahh’s

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Location: 1005 U Street
Hours: Open until 4am on weekends
Price Range: Slightly pricier than the normal late-night food, but totally worth it. Their late night menu features combos that will run you anywhere from $12-30 depending on how hard you want to go.
Drunk Score: Soul food that genuinely feeds your soul. Get homemade mac and cheese, fried chicken, cobblers, greens and more at this little spot that was actually featured on the Food Network. A+ for sure.  Photo courtesy of yelp.com

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Ducinni’s Pizza

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Location: 1778 U St NW
Hours: Open till 3am during the week, open until 5am on the weekends
Price Range: $9-17 for slices or whole pies, but they also have wings, subs, fries, etc.
Drunk Score: For the oldest pizza delivery in DC (since 1988), we give Ducinni’s an A. Credit to these guys for staying strong through the years with great pizza and awesome service.  Photo courtesy of yelp.com

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Fast Gourmet

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Location: 1400 W St NW
Hours: Open until 5:30am on weekends
Price Range: $5-$17 depending on how hungry you are and what you feel like eating – they’ve got amazing options that range from sandwiches to empanadas.
Drunk Score: We’ve already discussed this place in our Hidden Gems article, but it definitely deserves another bout of recognition. A+ not only for the fact that they stay open so late but also because they keep a full menu running while doing so.

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The DINER

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Location: 2453 18th St. NW
Hours: 24/7
Price Range: $7-15 – and that includes stacks of buttermilk pancakes or the classic steak and eggs. Get your favorite diner staples here and for great prices.
Drunk Score: Anything less than an A+ would be doing this glorious retro-style diner a disservice. Full menu available all hours of the day and night, just like a diner should be.   Photo courtesy of yelp.com

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Osman & Joe’s Steak ‘n Egg Kitchen

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Location: 4700 Wisconsin Ave
Hours: 24/7
Price Range: $8-16
Drunk Score: For it’s awesome burger-centric diner menu and it’s 24/7 hours of operation, we gave Osman and Joe’s a B+. But then we found their website and a quote that gave them a few extra points: “If you can think of it, we can probably make it.” Challenge accepted. APhoto courtesy of osmanandjoes.com

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Dangerously Delicious Pies

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Location: I Street Chinatown and H Street – but H Street is the night owl.
Hours: Fridays and Saturdays they stay open until 3:30am
Price Range: $6.50-7.50 for a handsomely sized slice, $30-35 for an enormous whole pie.
Drunk Score: Oh man. Sweet, savory, or quiche – they’ve got everything your drunk self could ever want and it’s all wrapped up in an impossibly perfect looking slice. Dangerously Delicious pies really lives up to their name. We’ve had the pleasure of a visit from one of their food trucks and let us be the first to tell you: A+.  Photo courtesy of dangerouspiesdc.com

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Jumbo Slice

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Location: 2341 18th St NW
Hours: Every day from 11am to 3am
Price Range: $5-6 for a slice of pizza that’s far too large for anyone in a stable state of mind. Intoxicated, however…
Drunk Score: A lot of their slices’ taste comes from how drunk you are. Have you been there sober? No? Exactly. But it’s RIGHT THERE if you’re out in Adams Morgan. Our drunk selves say A, but our sober selves say C. Let’s just go with B.

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Yum’s II Carryout

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Location: There’s a few Yum’s out there, but the one we like is at 1413 14th St NW
Hours: Open until 4am every night
Price Range: The same as your ordinary Chinese takeout ($9-17), except this one not only has huge portions, but also offers American fare and late-night delivery. Want some General Tso’s with a side of crinkle-cut fries and mumbo sauce? You got it.
Drunk Score: You really can’t go wrong with Chinese food after a night of drinking – it’s delicious and soaks up all the alcohol you just consumed. A-   Photo courtesy of yelp.com

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Surfside

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Location: 1800 N St NW
Hours: 24 a day
Price Range: $4-7
Drunk Score: This heavy hitter comes in a small package. Surfside is located in a little shack in the middle of Dupont and serves up a killer 11pm-11am menu of tacos, quesadillas, chips, and guacamole that will satisfy even the drunkest of palettes. A+ for their breakfast burritos alone.   Photo courtesy of yelp.com

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Give every one of these spots a medal for dealing with your obnoxious 4am-hungry ass and tell your drunk self we said “You’re welcome.”