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Dinner and a show, part two

Posted at 3:55 PM on October 28, 2010 by Marianne Combs
Filed under: How To

When I asked friends and colleagues in the arts world for recommendations on where to eat before or after a show, many responded that there were too few places that stay open late for a post-show dinner. Several bemoaned the lack of late-night venues, saying eating before a show is always rushed and ends up making you feel drowsy during the performance. Others craved simple a midnight dessert venue.

Now, I'm not one to stay up late, but this is a great performing arts town, so I decided to put the question to food critic Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl: why don't we have better late night offerings?

Her answer? We do! She says she hears this perception all the time, but the perception really isn't accurate.

Grumdahl referred me to an article she wrote on the matter. As she put it ""everybody says they want to eat out late at night--but then they don't do it."

Her recommendations? I've compiled a list from both her article and what she listed in her e-mail, with links and hours - here it is:

Eatery 112
Monday - Thursday 5pm - midnight
Friday and Saturday 5pm - 1am
Sunday 5pm - 10pm
Full kitchen service until closing.

Bar La Grassa
Dining: Full kitchen service until closing.
Monday - Thursday: 5pm - Midnight
Friday and Saturday: 5pm - 1am
Sunday: 5pm - 10pm
Bar:
Monday - Saturday: 5pm - 2am
Sunday: 5pm to midnight

Il Gatto
Dining :
Sunday -Thursday: 4pm to 11 pm,,
Friday and Saturday: 3pm to midnight
Sunday: 3pm to 11 pm
Bar:
Sunday - Thursday: 6:30 pm to midnight
Fridays and Saturdays: 6:30pm - 1am

Fuji Ya (Mpls location)
Dining:
Tuesday - Thursday: 5 - 10pm
Friday and Saturday: 5 - 10:30pm
Sunday: 5 - 9pm
Cocktail lounge open until midnight

Origami
Friday and Saturday: 5pm - 10:30pm

Bulldog Northeast
Open Daily: 11am to 2am
Serving Food Daily: 11am to 1am

Barrio Tequila Bar
(St. Paul)
Monday - Thursday: 11am - 1am
Friday: 11am - 2am
Saturday: 4pm - 2am
Sunday: 12pm - 2am
(Mpls)
Monday - Friday: 11am - 2am
Saturday: 11:30am - 2am
Sunday: 11:30am - 1am

Bradstreet Crafthouse
Tuesday - Saturday: 5pm - 2am, full-menu until close

Hell's Kitchen
Thursday and Friday: 6:30am to 2am
(Dinner 4-10 - Late Nite Menu 10pm - 2am)
Saturday: 7:30am to 2am
(Dinner 4-10 - Late Nite Menu 10pm - 2am)

Haute Dish
Monday - Saturday: 4pm - 2am
Sunday: 4pm - 12am
(Dinner service begins everyday at 5pm)

Pizza Luce, Downtown Mpls
Mon - Thur: 11am - 2:30am
Friday: 11am - 3:30am
Saturday: 10am - 3:30am
Sunday: 10am - 2:30am

Pizza Luce, Uptown
Daily: 11am - 2:30am

Pizza Luce, Seward and University
Daily: 11am - 2:30am

Pizza Luce, St. Paul
Daily Dining Room: 11am - 1am
(delivery until 2am)

The Depot
Charley's Grill
Daily 5pm to 10pm
Stone Arch Bar
Food:
Daily 2pm to 11pm
Beverages:
Sunday - Thursday: 2pm to 12am
Friday and Saturday: 2pm to 1am

General wisdom has it that the best way to ensure there are more options for late night dining is to frequent those places that are already open. So get out there and eat!