Here is the Late Night Food Scene in Rochester, New York!

A chopped cheese from Bar Bad Ending’s late-night menu

For years, people have complained about Rochester, New York’s lack of a late-night food scene. While this may have been true in previous years, I am here to share that there are numerous fantastic restaurants and to-go spots that cater to the night owls around the city, serving up dishes until the early morning. Rochester, New York, has a good late-night food scene; you just need to know where to go!

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Some spots are open until 2 am: Halal Spot, Vasko’s, ROC Deli, Lakeside Hots, and Just Chik’n.

Other restaurants open until 3 am: Mediterranean Kebab House, D.P. Dough, Berlin Halal Doner & Kebab, South Wedge Hots & Subs, and Halla Kebab.

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To the best of my ability, I will share my full list of late-night eateries and the neighborhoods you can find them in. It’s always good to be flexible or call ahead, as situations change that are out of our control. However, you can mostly depend on this list for delicious, late-night eats!

Here is the Underrated Guide’s list of Rochester, New York’s late-night restaurants and eateries:

Lower Monroe (LOMO)

• Arian's Mediterranean

  Mediterranean Cuisine

  Sun-Thurs: Kitchen open until 1am

  Fri-Sat: Kitchen open until 2am

• Strangebird

  Brewery/Pub/Pizza

  Thurs-Monday: Kitchen til 9pm

• Park Avenue Paninoteca

  Italian Restaurant

  Sunday-Thursday: 9pm, Fri & Sat: 10pm

• Marshall Street Bar and Grill

  Bar & Grille

  Kitchen closes 12am nightly

East End

• Dreamtown Deli

  NYC-Style Deli

  Mon-Sat: Closes at Midnight, Sunday at 9pm

• Skylark Lounge

  Bar & Grille

  Tues-Thurs: Kitchen closes at 11pm,

  Fri-Sat: Kitchen closes at midnight

• The Richmond

  Brewery/Pub/Pizza

  Sun, Mon: Kitchen closes at 10pm

  Weds: Kitchen closes at 11pm

  Thur-Sat: Kitchen closes at midnight

• Chick'n Out

  Chicken Restaurant

  Sun & Mon: Open until 8pm

  Thurs-Sat: Open until 10pm

• Java's Cafe

  Coffee & Pastries

  Sun-Thurs til 11pm

  Fri-Sat til midnight

• Tiki Pedro's

  Cuban-Mexican Cuisine

  Mon & Tues: 5:30pm-11:00pm

  Thurs, Fri & Sat: 5:30pm-12:00am

• Temple Bar & Grille

  Bar & Grille

  Mon: Closed

  Sun, Tues, Wed: Kitchen til 11pm

  Thurs-Sat: Kitchen until 1:00 am

• Albunn Coffee

  Coffee & Pastries

  Open daily til 12am

• Habibi's Cafe & Restaurant

  Mediterranean Cuisine

  Monday: Closed

  Tues & Weds: Kitchen until 12:30am

  Thurs-Sat: Kitchen until 1:30am

  Sunday: Kitchen until 11pm

• Taco Dero

  Taco Restaurant & Bar

  Sun & Mon: Closed

  Tues-Thurs: 5pm-10pm

  Friday & Sat: 5pm-12am

Monroe Avenue

• Halal Spot

  Mediterranean Cuisine

  Open daily til 2am

• Bar Bad Ending

  Bar & Grille

  Monday: Closed

  Tues-Sun: Kitchen til about midnight

• Han Noodle Bar

  Chinese Restaurant

  Weds: Closed

  Sun-Thurs: Kitchen til 9:30pm

  Fri & Sat: Kitchen til 10:30pm

• Dogtown

  American Restaurant

  Sun: Closed

  Mon-Sat: Kitchen til 10:45pm

• South Wedge Hots & Subs

  American Restaurant

  Tues & Wed: Open until 11pm

  Thurs-Sat: Open until 3am

  Sun & Mon: Closed

• Yummy Garden

  Chinese Restaurant

  Monday: Closed

  Sun-Thurs: Open until 10:30pm

  Fri & Sat: Open until 11pm

Park Avenue

• Halla Kebab

  Mediterranean Cuisine

  Mon: Closed

  Sun-Thurs: Open til 9pm

  Fri & Sat: Open til 3am

• Ardor Park

  Pizza Restaurant

  Sun-Thurs: Open til 9pm

  Fri & Sat: Open til 10pm

• Dragon Fly Tavern

  Bar & Grille

  Sun-Thurs: Kitchen until 9:30pm

  Fri & Sat: Kitchen until 1:00am

  Subject to change

• Dorado on Park

  American/Mexican Restaurant

  Kitchen til 10pm daily

• Chester Cab Pizza

  Pizza Restaurant

  Mon & Tues: Closed

  Wed: Til 9pm

  Thurs: Til 11pm

  Fri & Sat: Til 12am

  Sun: Til 10pm

• Szechuan Opera

  Chinese Restaurant

  Open daily til 10pm

• Vasko's on Park

  American Restaurant

  Mon: Closed

  Tues-Thurs: Open til 11pm

  Fri & Sat: Open til 2am

  Sun: Til 8pm

Marketview Heights (Public Market)

• Cure

  French Restaurant

  Wed-Sat: Kitchen til 11pm

  Sun: Kitchen til 10pm

  Mon & Tues: Closed

• Ziggy's

  Bar & Grille

  Weds: Closed

  Thurs-Tues: Kitchen til 11:45pm

• Bitter Honey

  American/Mexican Restaurant

  Mon: Til 9pm

  Tues-Thurs: Kitchen til 10pm

  Fri & Sat: Kitchen til 11pm

  Sun: Closed

North Winton Village (NWV)

• Lucky's

  New American

  Sun-Thur: Kitchen til 11pm

  Fri & Sat: Kitchen til 12am

• Winfield Grill

  Bar & Grille

  Tues-Thurs: Kitchen til 11pm

  Fri & Sat: Kitchen til 1am

  Sun & Mon: Closed

• The Silver Iguana

  American/Mexican Restaurant

  Open daily, Kitchen til 9:40pm

• Jack's Extra Fancy

  Bar & Grille

  Tues: Closed

  Wed-Mon: Kitchen til about 1:30am

  Late-night menu after 11pm

Swillburg & South Wedge

• Dicky's Corner Pub

  Bar & Grille

  Monday: Closed

  Tues-Sun: Kitchen til 10pm

• ROC Deli

  NYC-Style Deli

  Open Daily til 2am

• The Angry Goat Pub

  Bar & Grille

  Kitchen til 1am daily

• Playhouse/Swillburger

  Burger Joint

  Tues: Closed

  Sun-Thurs: Kitchen til 10pm

  Fri & Sat: Kitchen til 11pm

• New Number One Chinese Restaurant

  Chinese Restaurant

  Sun: Take-out until 10:45pm

  Mon-Thurs: Take-out until 10:15pm

  Fri & Sat: Take-out until 11:15pm

• East of Chicago Pizza

  Pizza Take Out

  Open daily until 2:00am

Washington Square

• The Vesper

  Gastropub

  Sun: Closed

  Mon-Wed: Kitchen til 9:30pm

  Thurs-Sat: Kitchen til 10:30pm

• Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

  BBQ Restaurant

  Sun-Thurs: Kitchen til 8:30pm

  Fri & Sat: Kitchen til 11pm

• Side Bar

  Bar & Grille

  Wed & Thur: til 9:45pm

  Fri & Sat: Til 12:30am

St. Paul Quarter

• Tapas 177

  Tapas Restaurant

  Sunday: Closed

  Mon-Sat: Kitchen til 10:45pm

• Sagra Italia

  Italian Restaurant

  Wednesday-Sunday: Open until 10pm

Corn Hill

• The Rabbit Hole Tavern

  Bar & Grille

  Mon: Closed

  Tues,Fri,Sat: Kitchen til 11pm

  Wed,Thur,Sun: Kitchen til 9pm

• 809 Bar and Restaurant

  Latin-American Restaurant

  Monday: Closed

  Tues-Sun: Kitchen til 9:40pm

  Fri & Sat: Kitchen til 10:40pm

Henrietta

• Berlin's Halal Doner & Kebab

  Mediterranean Cuisine

  Sun-Wed: Open til 1am

  Thurs-Sat: Open til 3am

• Layali Coffee House

  Coffee & Pastries

  Sun-Thurs: Open until 11pm

  Fri & Sat: Open until midnight

• D.P. Dough

  Pizza Restaurant

  Sun-Thurs: Open til 2am

  Fri & Sat: Open til 4am

• Shake Shack

  Hamburger Joint

  Sun-Thurs: Open til 10pm

  Fri & Sat: Open til 10:30pm

• Dave's Hot Chicken

  Chicken Restaurant

  Sun-Thurs: Open til 11pm

  Fri & Sat: Open til 12am

• Just Chik'n

  Peruvian Restaurant

  Mon: Closed

  Sun-Thurs: Open until 10pm

  Fri & Sat: Open until 2am

• Mediterranean Kebab House

  Mediterranean Cuisine

  Sun: Kitchen until 9:00pm

  Mon-Wed: Kitchen until 9:30pm

  Thurs-Sat: Kitchen until 3:00am

• Wings Over Rochester

  Chicken Restaurant

  Sunday: Open until 10:30pm

  Mon-Thurs: Open until 11:30pm

  Fri & Sat: Open until 12:30am

Other late-night food around Rochester

• Halal 'N' Out (Irondequoit)

  Halal Restaurant

  Sun-Thurs: Open til 10pm

  Fri & Sat: Til 12am

• Halal 'N' Out (Greece)

  Halal Restaurant

  Sunday-Thursday: Open until 10pm

  Friday and Saturday: Open until 11pm

• Gotham Halal (Irondequoit)

  Smash Burgers

  Open Daily: 4pm until Midnight

• Windjammers

  Bar & Grille

  Open daily til 11pm

• Whiskey River Pub & Grill

  Bar & Grille

  Wed-Sat: Kitchen until 11:30pm

  Sun: Open until 7:30pm

• Dave's Hot Chicken (Irondequoit)

  Chicken Restaurant

  Sun-Thurs: Open til 11pm

  Fri & Sat: Open til 12am

• The Distillery on Mt. Hope

  Bar & Grille

  Kitchen open daily until 10pm

• Wang's (Chinese Restaurant)

  Chinese Restaurant

  Sun-Thurs: Open until 11pm

  Fri & Sat: Open until 11:30pm

• Shorts Bar & Grill (Fairport)

  Bar & Grille

  Mon-Sat: Kitchen open until 1:00 am

  Sunday: Kitchen open until 10:00 pm

• Otara Kitchen

  Pizza Restaurant

  Mon-Weds: Kitchen open until 12am

  Thurs-Sat: Kitchen open until 2am

  Sunday: Kitchen open until 10pm

Rochester, New York, has a bustling late-night food scene; Good luck exploring. Enjoy!