TL;DR
Late Night Dining and Delivery
For those looking for late-night dining or delivery options, several places in NYC still cater to night owls. Katz's Delicatessen has resumed its 24-hour weekend service, providing a classic New York deli experience at any hour [5:1]. L’Express is another option, staying open until 4 AM on Fridays and Saturdays
[5:2].
Sushi and Grocery Stores
If you're craving sushi late at night, Westside Market operates 24/7 and offers a sushi fridge for grab-and-go convenience [4:1]. Other grocery stores like Fairway and H Mart also offer sushi, but their availability is limited to earlier hours
[4:1].
Diners and Bodegas
Traditional diners and bodegas are reliable options for late-night meals. While the number of 24-hour establishments has decreased since the pandemic, some diners like Malibu Diner and The Flame Diner continue to serve customers around the clock [3:4]. These spots provide a variety of comfort foods that can satisfy late-night cravings.
Emerging Trends
There is a trend of restaurants extending their hours again, with some pushing back closing times to 4 AM [5:1]. This shift indicates a gradual return to pre-pandemic nightlife in NYC, offering more choices for those seeking late-night dining experiences. However, staffing challenges remain a barrier for some venues, such as Veselka, which plans to extend hours when possible
[5:7].
Recommendations
For those exploring new late-night options, consider trying out Coppelia, known for its diverse menu and vibrant atmosphere [5:11]. Additionally, checking local listings and apps like Seamless or DoorDash can help identify other nearby options that may have extended hours or delivery services.
Crazy times. Since this isn't going away any time soon, I figured we could have a list of some exciting restaurants that wouldn’t normally do takeout/delivery but are needing to now.
Rezdora is offering takeout pastas/sauces to cook at home
Atoboy is adding delivery and takeout soon
Carbone just added delivery
Llama San takeout
Four Horsemen takeout with delivery to come
Edit: Dante, Patent Pending, Tokyo Record Bar
Any other excellent restaurants that just launched delivery? Sad and scary times, I hope this doesn't lead to half the restaurants in the city closing down
L’Artusi just started delivery too. Wish I lived in Soho/West Village, could have some good dining indoors.
Got to know people involved in the food scene in nyc at all levels, and I'm gutted for them... In normal circumstances there's already so much uncertainty, and now...
Fresh Kills & Donna in Williamsburg, and Attaboy and PDT in Manhattan, are doing takeout cocktails!!
Wow what insane times when PDT is doing takeout cocktails!
Holy shit I want takeout Attaboy cocktails
Same I wish I were near them! I have to stick to the Brooklyn places
Claro has a few items for delivery as well. Red and black mole, barbacoa, and a few more things
https://ny.curbed.com/2020/3/16/21180842/coronavirus-new-york-state-eviction-moratorium evictions are halted indefinitely
Sounds great. Any chance that will happen anywhere else?
We needed something like this...this week.
I really hope so, but US is run by landlords, banks, and capital owners... and Americans will continue to bail them out. smh we are so fucking stupid.
In Brooklyn I use seamless or doordash. Sometimes I nap through dinner like today or get home past midnight pretty hungry and don’t want to make a mess of the kitchen at night.
So far, artichoke basil has been my go-to but it’s time to branch out from pizza. I once picked up a schwarma from gold street market but was too drunk to remember how it was.
Also open to unique frozen food recommendations!
Buy a air fryer and fill your freezer get one that does pressure cooking as well, you fill never worry again I spend 100 at Costco have food for a month.
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There are lots of diners and bodegas that are still 24/7, and every neighborhood has at least one bar that’s 24/7, you just might need to know the knock to get in.
The Flame Diner
Malibu Diner
Tick Tock Diner
Went to Malibu diner a few months back with some friends around 3 AM and it was terrible 😂. Had a great time and would go back tho.
The simple answer is yes but not really. Nowhere near what it used to be, sadly. The city that never sleeps now is the city that naps.
I believe Diner 24 is 24 hours (corner of 22nd Street & 3rd Ave in Manhattan). They have very large & epic milkshakes.
Added to the list
These businesses can barely keep daytime staff, it seems. Lousy pay + lousy treatment is a losing combo, and no one wants to be abused and treated like shit at 2am.
That's true.
Are there places in Manhattan that I can just pop in and grab a roll at any time of day? Doesn’t even have to be sit down, could be grab and go, it could be a little grocery store, just anything of the sort. Thanks!
Westside market is 24/7 and they have a sushi fridge. If before midnight, fairway drops prices on their sushi items. If before 11pm, the sushi items at H mart are actually really good.
Awesome, thanks!
There aren’t enough places open late or all night (as I understand, there used to be a lot more before covid). Most places close at 9 or 10 or at the very latest, 11.
Any other options still around?
L’Express is still open until 4am Fri/Sat last I checked
Dam I forgot about this place
Late night steak frites chef's kiss
How can you forget?? When it was 24/7 nothing like some escargot’s to top off a night
here's a list of some late night spots around the city
And here's an article showing that more places are starting to push back their hours to 4am again
Katz is open 24 hours on the weekends again. I remember Veselka being open late, but they close at midnight on weekends now
I love the articles headline and subheader.
"Is 4am the new 8pm at NYC restaurants?"
"absolutely not-"
Veselka has repeatedly said they’ll go back to 2am when they can hire the staffing.
Sunset Diner on Meeker Ave
Love sunset, they’re fantastic for late night takeout
Sorry to respond so late, but I really don’t understand how any could suggest sunset diner. Food is unbelievable below average and insanely expensive for the quality. Had to say this.
Following bc there aren’t many left
Coppelia
On principle I have never downloaded a third party delivery app (like Grubhub and Postmates) to deliver my food. And I’d prefer to order from local restaurants therefore not I am not interested in Dominos Pizza.
I’m in Prospect Park and I know Pizza Luce Seward delivers till 1am to me but I would like to try new places. What restaurants deliver between midnight and 3am and have their own drivers?
Mother Cluckers if they go that far. They are open super late.
They seem to deliver this far thanks! https://mothercluckerspizza.com/
Just dug into it they use DoorDash
I live in PP and AFAIK the restaurants around there and U of M use DoorDash, Grubhub, etc. except for Papa John's and Domino's.
Ya I think you’re correct, but this is a niche enough question that I think the internet will come through.
In 2020, when Luce closed down for a few weeks I ordered from this place and it was really greasy but that is the only other place I know that had its own driver’s on payroll at the time. https://www.dpdough.com/order/?storeId=6bb1a73b-f20a-453f-9084-b448578252dd
If you had the 3rd party apps, you would know which places are open. Just saying.
Just like Priceline you always have the choice to see if you can buy direct, but the third party apps are best way to find who is actually still open near you. Even if a store doesn't work with them they often have the store indexed as pickup only.
Ya I understand that. I self impose those rules because I want to encourage myself to cook more. And if I choose the easier option, I want to feel I’m at least giving my money to a local business that pays its employees decent. I have the same attitude with watching movies, I try to consume educational media so I feel like I learned something, as I watched way too much mindless tv as a kid.
Though I’m starting to feel like an Amish person as the whole world has been coerced into this wild business model.
Well, with all these self-imposed restrictions you’re putting on yourself, only way to find out is to start dialing your nearby food spots.
Btw, you’re going to be in for real surprise when you find out its serviced by…doordash/ubereats/etc.
This is true. Unless they sell a lot of delivery food or is very hard to make delivery make sense. Food like pizza, Chinese food, etc that is very popular to order for delivery. If they only do a few delivery orders a day they will either have a very small delivery radius or send to a service where the driver is able to do other work in the middle to save both gas and time.
I hate that you are mostly right. Even Frank & Andrea’s Pizza has an online ordering system that is deceitfully DoorDash on the backend.
I think slice of New York delivers late (I believe they’re opened until 2) But maybe only through the apps, I’m not 100% sure
Over the past week I've tried multiple times at midnight when they release more slots, but so far, no luck! I keep selecting them and then it won't let me check out! Then they all say "sold out." Does anyone know what's going on? I've contacted Fresh but they never seem to know anything! They just give you generic responses. Meanwhile, something is wrong, because this hasn't happened since last year at this time (the height of the pandemic)... But this shouldn't be happening now!
I'm in the Bronx and got an order yesterday. I placed it on Tuesday and had the option of some Wednesday time slots but chose Thursday instead. There have been times, especially over this winter with all the snow, that there were no slots available but if I waited until after midnight I was able to check out.
Yeah they seemed to fix their problem... for now at least!
I am currently having this problem but with Amazon Whole Foods. I’m in the Bronx. It just says no delivery Windows available . New windows are released throughout the day. This is unusual as a month ago, slots were readily available and we’re not having the same crisis as a year ago. Something is going on
Yes definitely! And they aren't telling us either!
I’m in Los Angeles and I’m having the same issue... we haven’t had this problem since the beginning of the pandemic. Now with cases so low here it’s strange they’re limiting delivery slots.
Been ordering regularly over the last few months. The slots are usually one or two days out now. Never seen same day since the pandemic.
No idea. I'm in NYC and got Fresh last week. It was odd that the only delivery times were two days out rather than the usual one. I'm in Brooklyn
Edit: Meant this as “restaurant delivery apps” not “grocery delivery apps”.
Maybe I'm super old-school, but I use Grubhub/Seamless for pretty much all of my delivery needs. On some rare occasions, I'll move over to DoorDash or Uber Eats if the restaurant I want isn't on Grubhub/Seamless, but this has been my go-to for probably the last 10-12 years.
But I'm starting to notice that Grubhub/Seamless just isn't what it used to be. Maybe it's just the changing delivery landscape and restaurant landscape, but am I out of touch? Are y'all using something other than Grubhub/Seamless for your frequent food deliveries? I'm on UES, but I think this question is applicable across the city, though maybe the answer is different based on what borough you're in?
DoorDash because my credit card offers me credit. But I never get delivery - we just go pick it up at the restaurant. For our neighborhood pizza we use slice
Good for you on not getting delivery! I wish I had that in me, but a lot of the places I order from are 15-20 blocks away, and while that's not that far, when you're feeling burned out or lazy and don't want to go out in the first place, a 40-block walk back and forth doesn't do it for me. I totally forgot about Slice! Great app for pizza!
Seamless has been my go to for about a decade, however, with all the new service charges I've started calling restaurants directly. Started doing this mid-pandemic when there was talk the delivery apps were gouging. A lot of my local places now have their own online/POS system or transact over the phone.
Exceptions are those late nights when I'm a bit sauced.
Totally understood! Thanks for the suggestion! I'll definitely be my conscious of this and start contacting restaurants directly.
I don’t use delivery services. Too expensive & the errors are annoying.
I use doordash but i have the chase sapphire reserve so i get the fees knocked off. makes it more worth it.
Pro tip right here!
My feet (walking to grab takeout)
Good for you for walking! Some nights, I just don't want to go out and pick something up (especially in winter), but this is always best!
What are places that’s open 24 hours?
Some cvs and Duane Reade’s
Precincts
Bunch of scattered diners.
A lot less than there used to be.
The Apple Store on Fifth Ave.
My wife and I have a flight that lands us back home at midnight. A few years ago we could order anything or dine in at a lot of places. Nowadays the choices are limited. Don’t think we wanna go out so what are our choices for ordering in?
Edit: we live in the LES, no dietary restrictions and want something relatively affordable.
I told her to just use apps but yeah we’re also wondering if you guys knew anything specific and if you recommend at particular place
Sorry for not being specific or clearer in my initial post
Download the Seamless app, make an account, put in your location, and see what's available. It'll probably be a diner.
Empanada Mama.
I just checked and they are open 24 hours. This is 100% information I didn't need.
And you thought the rest of us needed it?!?!
(Their empanadas are SOOO good…)
THEY’RE WHAT NOW
Was about to post this. 24 hrs and surprisingly solid food for a chain.
When you’re in the car from the airport pull up seamless and ubereats and place an order. Until then there’s no way to know exactly what will be open at that time with staffing shortages and slow business hours are more irregular.
This. If I'm really hungry and it's super late it ends up being Wendy's or something. Or sometimes I'll keep a frozen pizza in the freezer just for these purposes.
If the weather was nicer, OP should just hit a bodega down the block for a sandwich.
Not sure why this is so complicated!
Just make instant noodles and call it a night.
I am curious how you live in LES yet are not familiar with local restaurants to the extent of what's open that late.
all-night delivery options in NYC
Key Considerations for All-Night Delivery Options in NYC:
Delivery Services: Several services offer all-night delivery in NYC, including:
Local Stores: Some convenience stores and pharmacies (like Duane Reade or 7-Eleven) may offer delivery through apps or their own services, often operating late into the night.
Timing and Availability: Check the specific hours of operation for each service or store, as they can vary widely. Some restaurants may close earlier than others.
Delivery Fees: Be aware of potential delivery fees, surge pricing during peak hours, and minimum order requirements.
Safety and Reliability: Choose reputable services with good reviews to ensure timely and safe delivery, especially late at night.
Recommendation: For the most reliable all-night delivery, consider using Postmates or Uber Eats, as they have a wide range of options and are known for their late-night service. Always check the app for real-time availability and estimated delivery times.
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