Open Until: 2am. One day, the fine folks behind The Almighty Moon Tower Inn decided that not only did Houston need a totally unhinged eight-frozen-machines-deep daiquiri bar, but it also needed more gut-busting (or, in some cases, alcohol-absorbing) food. Enter Voodoo Queen Daiquiri Dive in the East End. Stuffed with black lights, taxidermy, air hockey tables, and a couple of lifesize skeletons, Voodoo Queen is a frozen drink and chicken tenders lover's paradise.

Open Until: 11:30pm Tues-Thurs, 1am Fri-Sat, midnight on Sunday (closed Monday). There’s really nothing like the late-night glow from a taco truck window—especially when that truck is parked next to a dive bar. Activate your inner moth and glide over to Tacos La Sultana, a trompo truck in the East End. Served Monterrey style, juicy pork seasoned with nothing more than smoked paprika is sliced by an exceptionally skilled taquero and seared again alongside oil-warmed corn tortillas.

Open Until: 2am Fri-Sat, 1am Sun and Tues-Thurs (closed Monday). The Chinatown izakaya Toukei serves ramen, sushi, and yakitori. But if the rows of Japanese whiskey bottles covering an entire wall (and filling up the bar) aren’t indication enough, most folks come to Toukei for the drinks. Have a bowl of spicy black ramen and a cocktail on the side—preferably something whiskey-based—to gear up for a fierce bar crawl ahead.

Open Until: 10pm Mon-Wed, 1am Thurs, 3am Fri-Sat. You might think you’re just stumbling into another bar when you visit Frank’s Pizza after the Downtown bars close. Pretty much everyone who just got kicked out after last call made their way to Frank’s for a sobering slice of New York-style pizza. Frank’s is reliable. Just as the sun rises each morning, Frank’s bakes off extra pizzas at night—especially on the weekends.

Open Until: 2am Wed-Mon (closed Tuesday). Unlike other party-forward spots, the food at One Shot Pocha, a Spring Branch soju bar, is more than just a means to soak up alcohol. The menu is full of shareable dishes meant to support people partying until 2am. The sticky glazed, deep-fried chicken wings are worth pestering your server for more napkins, and the army stew will require reinforcements to be finished, especially if you add the soft, chewy noodles to the party.

Open Until: Midnight Mon-Thurs, 2am Fri-Sun. Sparkle’s in the Third Ward is the understated counter-service spot you can always count on, especially when you want to end your night with a mammoth burger and fries. Customers regularly lean on the counter and shoot the breeze with the cashier while they wait for a massive fried fish sandwich or a cheeseburger with extra onion rings.

Open Until: 2am daily. A few other places understand the importance of a good late-night meal like Trash Panda Drinking Club in Northside Village. The inside of this divey bar is tiny, painted black, and barely lit, outside of a few red lights hanging over the bar and neon signs inviting you to “eat trash, be free.” While we wouldn’t call crispy glazed brussels sprouts and quesabirria tacos, we have shoveled these dishes in a way that would make local raccoons proud.

Open Until: 10pm Sun-Wed, Midnight Thurs-Sat. You can see the bright pink and green exterior of Winnie's, a vibrant bar in Midtown serving Cajun-Creole food, from down the block. Once inside, you’ll know that the fun is just beginning. Whether you’re at the mile-long bar with an order of their gooey pimento cheese with spiced blackened crawfish mixed in or on the patio working your way through a frozen drink treasure chest flight with a few pals, Winnie’s is the place to be through last call.

Open Until: 1am Sun-Tues, 2am Wed-Sat. We go to Kamp for two reasons: to dance the night away with flaming bottles of Don Julio 1942 and to stuff our faces with spicy boudin balls filled with pepper jack cheese. This Galleria clubstaurant serves Cajun/Creole staples and is notorious for keeping the party going until the wee hours of the morning. This spot has all of the fun of an adult summer camp, if that summer camp included seafood boils on a sprawling patio and apple pie flavored shots.

Open Until: 2am daily. There isn’t really a wrong time to go to Gao’s Kabob in Chinatown. Show up here to be whisked away to a world of skewered meat, beer towers, and maybe karaoke. Bring a group of friends here before a bar crawl to load up on grilled proteins and garlic chives. Or show up at the end of a boozy night and let tender beef skewers serve as your first line of defense against the drinks from earlier in the night.

Open Until: Midnight daily. Better Luck Tomorrow is an adorable bar in the Heights with a dimly lit interior—there isn’t much else to see besides the bar backlit with bright neon lights. This cozy little bar is where you can bring your boo and have a pomegranate ranch water that tastes like an alcoholic Capri-Sun, devour the double-meat patty melt to the tune of 70s funk, and chitchat on the wraparound patio while hoping to spot a few cute dogs out for a late night walk.

Open Until: 1am Mon, 2am Tues, 4am Wed-Sun. For the nights you can see only in vibes, there’s Chapultepec Lupita, which has been around since the 70s. The pages-long menu features a blend of Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine, which means you can get chapulines as a complement to a supreme burrito doused in cheese and stuffed with sizzling fajita meat.

Open Until: 24 hours. A part of the Pappas family restaurants, Dot Coffee Shop in Gulfgate has been around since 1967, serving comfort meals to Houstonians 24 hours a day. The menu has a little bit of everything, and even at 3am you can get a chicken fried steak with rich gravy, a chicken fajita omelet served with golden hash browns, or a slice of tart key lime pie. This is where you can have a hearty, no-nonsense meal that tastes just as good in the dead of night as it does when the sun is up.

Open Until: 12am Sun-Thur, 2:30am Fri-Sat. Northside Mexican taco truck El Taconazo might be open all day, but it really pops off late at night. Open late every night, El Taconazo is the after party after the after party. Food pops out of the truck window about three seconds after you order it, so don’t worry about the long line–it moves fast. Grab a few trompo and barbacoa tacos, a plate of fajita beef with gooey cheese, and a couple of sides of frijoles charros.

Open Until: 12am Sun-Mon, 1am Thurs-Sat The Almighty Moon Tower Inn in the East End is known for three things: hot dogs made from wild game meats, a lot of beer, and a f*ck-you attitude most people admire. It also happens to be open late every night, which goes with the attitude. Despite the divey, industrial exterior, the hot dogs are pretty gourmet: think duck meat with apple brandy or wild boar ground with marsala and provolone.

Despite Montrose’s high density of cocktail bars, there are only a few post-2am food options. One is The Burger Joint, a counter-service patio spot right on the corner of Montrose and Westheimer that’s open to a comfortable 4am on the weekends. These classic burgers won’t alter your consciousness, but they are griddled with a heavy dose of salt and pepper and served on an oversized bun with plenty of mayonnaise.