late night food?

[cos]

It's been a couple of years and I'm still mourning for Dolly's. Is there any late night food near Davis Square these days? (Things like Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's do not count!)

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[artemii.livejournal.com]

Nothing in Somerville is allowed to be open past midnight.
For that you need to walk up to Mass. Ave.and hit Cambridge.

[cos]

Well, that qualifies as "near Davis Square" - Cambridge is only two blocks away. Anywhere decent to eat, open late, along that stretch of Mass Ave?

Was Dolly's grandfathered from before the midnight restriction?

[jadasc.livejournal.com]

The closest thing to it is the Bickfords along Broadway in the Winter Hill/East Somerville area. Think you can take the 89 bus to get it. And I'm pretty sure Dolly's closed before the midnight restriction really took effect. (Shame, that. It was a good place to get chicken fingers.)

[bigrock.livejournal.com]

It would be great if the Rosebud were allowed to be open late. I never knew places had to close at Midnight in Somerville. That should be revised or revoked.

[neitherday.livejournal.com]

If they revoked it, Store 18 might actually be a real Store 24.

Nothing that you could reach on the T after 12.

[5seven.livejournal.com]

I almost flunked out of High School because of Dolly's. Lisa had to be one of the nicest people I've ever met. I never did find out why she had to close down, but they had immunity to the Somerville Blue Laws.

The last of the All-nighters are Buzzy's Roastbeef (Redline, Charles/MGH) and the South St. Diner and the Blue Diner-[closed for renovations, reopening soon as 'The New Blue'] both near South Station on the Redline.

There are also a few out of town diners that are 24hr for most of the week, like the Club Diner in Lowell.
Your only other options are the various Bickfords in the suburbs. Many of which have been forced to go non-smoking. Somerville forces everything to close at 12, with execption to the Winter Hill Bickford's which is open til 1am, -occasionally.

There are a few food stands that are located by Landsdown, like "The Sausage Guy". BUt you have to hunt for them.

On a sidenote:
Does anyone know what happened to Curious Liquids?
They had their building bought out from underneath them, across from the State House (near Park St.).
They promised to relocate, but its been over two years now.

Re: Nothing that you could reach on the T after 12.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

I think they sold their recipes to a nearby bagel place, but I can't remember the name of the place.

[cos]

If it's "late night", you can't take the 89 :)

Re: Nothing that you could reach on the T after 12.

[cos]

I heard that Dolly's had to close because the property owner wanted to renew the lease at a higher rate that they couldn't afford. That could just be a rumor, but it's a plausible one.

"late night" is not exactly the same thing as "24 hour". Dolly's wasn't 24 hours, for example. And Waltham had, for a few years, a place called The Bagel Depot which was closed in the afternoon but open all night. Waltham generally doesn't have late night places because they restrict how many hours in a day a business can be open (except for the grandfathered Dunkin' Donuts), but Bagel Depot got around that by having their off hours in the middle of the day.

[artemii.livejournal.com]

But then we wouldn't have the fun of calling it Store 18!

[artemii.livejournal.com]

The Bickfords, being in Somerville, wouldn't be open past midnight anyway.
How late is the diner on Broadway open?

[artemii.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how late Christopher's is open.
It's by Porter - about 10 mins. walking from Davis.

[jadasc.livejournal.com]

Well, you can until 11pm or so, right? ;) And doesn't it run till 1am on some nights?

Re: Nothing that you could reach on the T after 12.

[theg0th.livejournal.com]

ooooo...don't forget the raunch near Beachmont Station...they have pretty decent roast beef if you don't mind the places general...raunchiness...lol
-James

[lizerk.livejournal.com]

If it's nasty out and you don't want to travel, get a DiningIn guide. I think you can get it online or something. Anyway, they're a delivery service for a ton of restaurants until pretty late as far as I can remember. When I have "late night munchies," the last thing I want to do is have to go out... ^_^

[cos]

Usually when I want to go somewhere to eat late at night, I already am out. Going back home to order food would be too much of a hassle :)

If I'm home, I just eat whatever food I have at home.

[jadasc.livejournal.com]

We always called it "the faux sto' twenny-fo'." You know, for the rhyme and all.

[mifall-ing.livejournal.com]

since the ihop near bu closed we figured out there's another all night one on memorial drive. of course you have to have a car to get there in the middle of the night, but that really goes for most things around here (not counting walking distance things).

[cos]

Yeah, I've known about that one for years, but...
it kinda stretches the definition of "near Davis Square" :)

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[mifall-ing.livejournal.com]

hehe, yeah. but you did say cambride was okay (i know porter doesnt really count as strictly cambridge) - i just figured it was closer than me saying go downtown and look for shitty pizza.

[cos]

Well, depends where in Cambridgge. Davis Square is just a block or two from the town line. I don't think the Galleria counts as near Davis, though.

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[mifall-ing.livejournal.com]

yeah i know, i know. just trying to help.

Re: Nothing that you could reach on the T after 12.

[michellemybell.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the furniture from curious was moved to this basement of a cafe on Tremont across from Park Street. I can't remember the name, but they have wraps and sandwiches and bagels...might be the bagel plus cafe? Sadly, I'd never made it to curious before it closed down, and now the furniture sits lonely and chilly in an old basement. It would be a great spot to gather friends at though. Quiet and spacious!

late nights in Davis

[michellemybell.livejournal.com]

Not exactly diner like, but the Cambridge Commons, that restaurant next to the Lizard Lounge on Mass. Ave between Porter and Harvard is open till 2am, I think. It's cheap and not too bad food wise. The sweet potato fries are the best!

Kaya's Japanese Resurant is open

[trysha.livejournal.com]

They are open until like 2am on weeknights and 3am on weekends.

I spent waaaaay to much money on sushi when i lived in porter at that place.

Re: late nights in Davis

[cos]

Oooh! Why didn't I think of that? I've been to plenty of shows at the Lizard Lounge, but never tried the restaurant. I must've noticed that it stayed open late. Thanks.

[Delayed response. On March 15th I went to Finland for two weeks, and didn't catch up on all my LJ stuff when I returned in April.]

Re: Kaya's Japanese Resurant is open

[cos]

I've been very unhappy with Kaya for the past several years. Although for good sushi late at night, I'm willing to make the trip into downtown for Ginza.

[Delayed response. On March 15th I went to Finland for two weeks, and didn't catch up on all my LJ stuff when I returned in April.]