Your 24-hour itinerary: The Foodie

Barkeeps at this Chinatown spot start serving at 8am daily (except Sundays, only because it’s New York law); imbibe there at opening 30 days in a row and they’ll induct you into said society, heralding from the sadly lost 1700s tradition of a goblet of wine or beer with breakfast. 

Cookies for breakfast! The cocoa-dusted espresso ($5) at this Australian coffee shop comes with Tim Tams, a brand of chocolate malted cookies with chocolate cream filling. Camp out at the giant tables to read or daydream while you nibble.

A dinnertime tasting menu in Gramercy Tavern’s dining room will set you back $120; instead, try the $58, five-course prix-fixe lunch, available Monday-Friday starting at noon. On Saturdays and Sundays, a la carte lunch in the more casual tavern room is delicious, too.

In NYC, it’s always 5:00 somewhere (even when it’s 3:00). Sit off your epic lunch with an early happy hour at Boulevard Tavern, a revamped spot from the ‘20s that has $4 well drinks and $1 off tap beers starting at 3pm daily. Bonus: The bar’s home to a pool table and juke box.

At NYC's only bar that’s also a bakery, happy hour (4pm-8pm) means cheap booze and desserts. Score wine and a hefty cupcake for $10, a $7 discount on regular prices.

This is actually an item on the menu at this 6-month-old LES chicken spot—it’ll set you back $2, but earn you the love of the chefs making the Korean-fried chicken wings you’re plowing through. Try any (or all) of the seven types, from habanero kimchi to fish sauce and garlic.

Small and funky Fort Greene cantina Pequeña knows just what you want after dinner: $5 margaritas and $4 beer and sangrias at its nightly happy hour special.

The East Village staple, a narrow shack that would be unassuming if it weren’t always so crowded with NYU students, serves its wacky dogs—many covered in bacon or melted cheese; one smeared with cream cheese—until 2am on weekdays and 4am on weekends.

Before you order at Crif Dogs, enter the tiny phone booth on the left, dial 0, wait for the secret door to open and put your name in at PDT, the hidden speakeasy next door. Once you’ve plowed through several hot dogs, you can settle in to the dark, cozy room for a classic cocktail—and waffles fries from next door.

One more happy hour special for your night: $4 drafts (2am-4am) at The Anchored Inn, an eclectic East Williamsburg haunt known for its odd velvet paintings of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-Il. 

One of NYC’s original speakeasies, this West Village legend always has a line—but it’s worth it to linger until the 4am closing, when the hospitality of the (already wildly hospitable) staff comes out in full-force as they serve free, belly-filling bowls of chicken soup to all remaining patrons. 

Chicken soup or not, you’re still going to want a bars-are-closed snack. This 24-hour East Village classic is known for its cheap and delicious pierogis, but don’t write off the sweets there, particularly the creamy rice pudding.

Hit up this Union Square staple for bragging rights that you ordered from the late-night and breakfast menus—the switch happens at 5:30am. On the former: hearty meatloafs and pastas; the latter: flapjacks and muffins. Now there’s no way you’re going to be hungover in the morning (and by that, we mean early afternoon).

Congratulations: You’ve crossed the threshold from bars closing to bakeries opening. Both the LES and Prospect Heights locations of this specialty doughnut shop start serving flavors like matcha green tea and chocolate chip cookie cake at 6:30am. We don’t care how full you are—there’s always room for right-out-of-the-fryer dough.  

Carbed out? Future you will thank you for swinging by this cult-favorite West Village bagel shop to pick up a few everythings with scallion cream cheese for later. Your roomies will love you, too.