2. Pacific Dining Car (24/7)
- In a town with very few true late-night options (and by "true late-night" we mean past 1 a.m.), it's amazing that one of the most iconic dining experiences in town is available 24/7. The Pacific Dining Car oozes old-school charm in a 1920s train car, and the late-night menu, served from 11 p.m.-6 a.m., offers classic egg dishes, steaks, sandwiches and salads as well as blueberry pancakes or french toast. There's nothing like 4 a.m. steak and eggs to fortify you for the hangover ahead. 1310 W. Sixth St., downtown; (213) 483-6000; 2700 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica; (310) 453-4000, pacificdiningcar.com.
- There are so many options for all-night eating in K-town. Will it be "hangover soup" at Al Bae Ne, kal gook soo (a broth-y noodle and ground beef soup), pork mandu (dumplings) at Myung Dong Kyoja or that kimchi fried rice at Hodori and Nak Won House? All are Koreatown hangouts open 24/7 where we'd be happy to find ourselves on any given late night. But for midnight rounds of fried mackerel and soon tofu (a boiling pot of diced tofu with seafood, vegetables and red chilis with a raw egg alongside), we're going with BCD Tofu House. The dumpling soup is killer, too, and the banchan is endless. 3575 Wilshire Blvd., Koreatown;, (213) 382-6677; 869 S. Western Ave., Koreatown; (213) 380-3807, bcdtofu.com.
- Were Langer's open even until 6 p.m., we'd be tempted to make a pastrami exception to our definition of late night. But for those midnight moments when satisfaction is about so much more than what's on the plate, we head to Canter's. There's something about lounging over a Reuben in the Kibitz Room bar adjacent to the main dining room, listening to a band we've never heard of (and at that hour, can't be certain we really like) and wondering if they might be the next Black Crowes. The final rock/jazz/pop set bacon bonus here: It's always time for breakfast. 419 N. Fairfax Ave. Fairfax; (323) 651-2030, cantersdeli.com.
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