New Late Night Dining Options

New Late Night Dining Options

Compared to other nightlife-happy cities like Miami, New York, and Las Vegas, Chicago has long lagged behind in the late-night dining scene. When people leave clubs late at night here, the dining options for booze-absorbing snacks are woefully few and far between. Sigh. But Chicago is slowly getting better in this regard, rolling out new late-night dining menus all over the city. Here's a taste: 


Late Night Dining

Late Night Dining

 

sola: Asian- and Hawaiian-inspired contemporary American cuisine can now be yours late at night, thanks to sola's new late-night dining menu. Featuring an extensive array of savory and sweet options, plus cocktails aplenty, sola is the perfect spot on the northwest side to satiate late-night cravings and/or wind down after an evening on the town. Available Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights beginning at 10:00 p.m., the menu includes dishes such as artichoke fritters, truffle-Parmesan fries, huli-huli chicken wings, and sesame brittle ice cream sandwiches with hot fudge dipping sauce. 


Enolo Wine Bar: Located in the heart of Chicago's nightlife capital, Enolo Wine Bar's new late-night fixings make for the perfect River North nightcap. The wine bar and restaurant just extended its kitchen hours until 1:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, featuring a slew of bruschettas, various housemade pastas, salads, and pizzas. Basically, it's all the perfect booze-friendly fare you could want after an evening club-hopping. 


Dough Bros. Pizzeria and Sub Shop: Speaking of pizza and River North, there's a saucy new slice shop serving up greasy comfort food late into the night. Dough Bros. Pizzeria and Sub Shop runs until 2:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, featuring an array of hefty subs like the prosciutto-mozzarella, fried eggplant, and meatball, along with floppy NY-style pizzas by the slice or pie. 


Acadia: Before heading home for some shut-eye, perch yourself at the Acadia bar for some late-night dining. The fine dining sensation keeps things casual at its bar, with newly extended hours until midnight through the rest of summer on Fridays and Saturdays. Because there is no better finale to a weekend night than Stonington lobster rolls or Acadia's famed burgers heaped with bacon, double crema Gouda, housemade "special sauce" and garlic dill pickles. Wash it all down with the Sloopin', a quenching quaff made with cucumber, mint, Leatherbee gin, lime juice, simple syrup, and cucumber-strawberry soda. It's better than a glass of warm milk. 


Matt Kirouac

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