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Late Night Bites: Where to Get 'Em

Have the late-night munchies? Patch has a few places where you can scratch that itch.

Yogi Berra said, “It gets late early out there.” 

And sometimes when it’s late, you get hungry.

I don’t stay out late much anymore, but when I did my favorite late-night snack was a toasted blueberry muffin at the local diner. Remembering how good they tasted got me thinking about late night munching spots around the area, diners and otherwise.

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In speaking with a few restaurant managers and late night bar tenders, different crowds want different things.

(SBC) offers a late night menu at their Hamden location, although their Milford and Branford locations do not. With their kitchens open on Friday and Saturday nights until 11 p.m., and a full menu available, there is still a lot of time to grab a nosh.

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Brian Arnow, manager of the Branford SBC, is considering instituting a late-night menu in the coming months since, he said, “there is more of a patio crowd” at that location.

The late-night menu that was “sporadically” introduced at Milford SBC never really took off, according to Assistant Manager Steve Rossi.

The Stationhouse Restaurant in Stratford could only get closer to the train station if it were actually on the train.  Such a location provides a “great late night crowd,” according to late night bartender Susan Rich. The kitchen at Stationhouse now stays open until 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and they are considering adding a late-night menu, she said.

So, after you’ve seen that late night movie, a play or a band, or when you’re returning from an evening in New York City, or perhaps you just have a late-night craving, here are a few additional options:

Orange

  • Applebee's: Open Sunday through Thursday until midnight, and Friday and Saturday until 1 a.m.
  • Orange Ale House: Offers a late night menu from 11 p.m. until closing (1 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday).
  • Orange Family Diner: Open Monday through Thursday until 11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday until 1 a.m.; and Sunday until 10 p.m.
  • T.G.I. Fridays: Open Sunday through Thursday until midnight, and Friday and Saturday until 1 a.m.
  • Wood-n-Tap: Offers a late night happy hour from 10 p.m. until closing (1 a.m. Sundaythrough Thursday and 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday). A full menu is served until 10:30 p.m. and appetizers until 11:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; full menu served until 11:30 p.m. and a bar menu until 12:30 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Milford

  •  : Open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
  • : The kitchen is open Sunday through Thursday until 11:30 p.m.; and Friday and Saturday until 12:30 a.m.
  • : Open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
  • : The kitchen closes 15 minutes prior to closing time: Monday through Thursday at 11:45 p.m.; Friday and Saturday at 12:45 a.m.; and Sunday at 10:45 p.m.
  • : The kitchen is open until 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; Friday and Saturday until 11 p.m.; and Sunday until 9 p.m.

Stratford

Shelton

  • : Open Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. to midnight; Friday and Saturday, 6 a.m. to 1 a.m.
  • : Open 24 hours.

Hamden

  • Eli’s on Whitney: Open Monday through Thursday until 1 a.m.; Friday and Saturday until 2 a.m.; and Sunday until 1 a.m. A late night menu is available.
  • SBC: Open Monday through Thursday, full menu until 10 p.m. and a late night menu until 1 a.m.; Friday and Saturday the full menu is available until 11 p.m. and a late night menu until 2 a.m.; Sunday it's the full menu until 9 p.m. and a late night menu until 1 a.m.
  • Three Brothers Diner: Open 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Branford

  • Donovan’s Reef: Late-night menu is available until 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday and until 10 p.m. on Sunday.
  • Eli’s on the Hill: Open Sunday through Thursday until 1 a.m., and Friday and Saturday until 2 a.m. Late night menu available.
  • SBC: Opem Monday through Thursday until 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday until 11 p.m.; and Sunday until 9 p.m.

Cheshire

  • C.J. Sparrow Pub & Eatery: The kitchen is open Sunday through Thursday until 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday until 11 p.m. 

North Haven

East Haven

The bottom line: no matter where you live in the area, there's plenty of places to satisfy your late night munchie attack.

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