It’s late and you’re hungry. Maybe you’ve just left a favorite watering spot and don’t want the night to end. Or perhaps you work non-traditional hours and your post-shift dinnertime is way past when many folks turn in. Finals week? All-night study sessions were meant to be interrupted by a quick meal.
Whatever your reason for being on the search for well after dark eats, downtown Bellingham has several options.
La Fiamma’s PYE HOLE
You know and love La Fiamma – but did you know it also has a late-night pizza slice window dubbed PYE HOLE? Hunkering for a slice? Walk up and get a mammoth one between 11:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. on any Thursday, Friday or Saturday night. La Fiamma serves up some of Bellingham’s favorite pizza pies, and their $3 late-night cheese slices (pepperoni, veggie and meat versions run just two or three quarters more) are both a fantastic deal – and a delicious one. You can also order full pizzas. And depending on the night, you’ll also find non-pizza goodies at PYE HOLE: think big turkey legs slathered in barbecue sauce, loaded baked potatoes, garlic knots, hot apple pie, and more.
200 East Chestnut Street in downtown Bellingham
360.647.0060
Hours:
Thursday through Sunday, 11:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Man Pies
Man Pies owner Bryce Sharp’s culinary career kicked off in Reno, and then took him to Napa Valley. But a visit to Australia, where he enjoyed his first meat pie, inspired him to open his own place right here in Bellingham in 2010. Choose from an array of hand-held meaty goodness – steak, chicken, pork, braised beef, roasted vegetable curry, and more – and wash it all down with a local craft beer. Man pies crafts each pie by hand and uses local ingredients. Open Friday and Saturday until 3:00 a.m.
1215 Railroad Avenue in downtown Bellingham
360.306.8805
Hours:
Monday through Thursday, 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m
Friday & Saturday: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.
Sunday: 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Casa Que Pasa
Casa Que Pasa is famous for its potato burrito – but they offer a menu chock full of other Mexican eats, even late at night. You can get your carnivore on with chicken and beef burritos, tacos, chimichangas and so on – but they also serve up a wide variety of vegetarian and vegan options. Casa’s late-night menu includes $1 tacos and a later-than-most happy hour from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., with half-price nachos.
Casa Que Pasa
1415 Railroad Avenue in downtown Bellingham
360.756.8226
Sunday through Thursday: 11:00 a.m. until at least 11:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
El Capitan’s
El Capitan’s began as a hot dog stand on WWU’s Vendor’s Row in 2003. It now calls Railroad Avenue home, with a street-front shop and menu that goes above and beyond a fantastic hot dog to include polish sausage, bratwurst, Louisiana hot link, veggie dog, and more – all complemented by an extensive condiment bar to help you dress each dog exactly as you like.
El Capitan’s
1314 Railroad Avenue in downtown Bellingham
206.947.7245
Hours:
Wednesday through Saturday, 9:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Art Walk Fridays (first Friday of each month): 6:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
AB Crepes
AB Crepes serves up sweet and savory crepes all day long and deep into the night. Want something sugary? Try the apple pie, s’mores, or Nutella banana crepes. Savory sounds more like it? How about garlic chicken pesto or the ABCT (avocado, bacon, tomato and cheese)? Yup. You can also order gluten-free crepes, if that’s your thing. Portions are big – perfect for way-past-bedtime and way-way-past-dinnertime snacking.
AB Crepes
1311 Railroad Avenue in downtown Bellingham
360.325.1311
Hours:
Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday & Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Friday & Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 a.m.
Sunday: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The Horseshoe Café
If you’re a fan of comfort food or greasy food – or, you know, greasy comfort food – the Horseshoe Café is for you, all set in an old-fashioned western-themed diner. (They’ve been doing this since 1886 – yes, 1886!) And what could taste better at 2:00 a.m. (or 3 or 4) than hashbrown potatoes doctored up a half dozen different ways? From breakfast staples to lunch and dinner faves, the Horseshoe’s menu is sure to include something your post-midnight munchies are craving. And cheese fries. Did we mention cheese fries?
The Horseshoe Café
113 East Holly Street in downtown Bellingham
360.734.0830
Hours:
Wednesday and Thursday: 2:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Friday and Saturday: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.
Sunday: 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Pel’Meni
You have one choice to make at Pel’Meni, downtown Bellingham’s Russian dumping restaurant: potato or meat. Okay, okay: you can also order a combo of the two. Simple, scrumptious – topped with butter, curry powder, cilantro, and a creamy spicy/sweet sauce – Pel’Meni serves up something truly unique in Bellingham to the post-midnight dining crew.
Pel’Meni
1211 North State Street in downtown Bellingham
360.715.8324
Open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Pita Pit
If you can dream it, you can probably wrap it up in a pita and enjoy a filling meal. Downtown Bellingham’s Pita Pit offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner options, and has hit the spot during many a college student’s stumble home from the bars.
201 East Holly Street in downtown Bellingham
360.778.3657
Hours:
Sunday: noon to 11:00 p.m.
Monday: 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Wednesday & Thursday: 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Friday & Saturday: 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.
Jimmy John’s
From the “slim” to “gargantuan,” Jimmy John’s menu includes sub sandwich options for the whole crowd well after closing time has come and gone.
Jimmy John’s
1204 Railroad Avenue in downtown Bellingham
360.738.7550
Hours:
Sunday through Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Thursday through Saturday: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.
On the horizon, The Shakedown is set to open its new sandwich shop and pinball lounge, The Racket, in mid-March, where they’ll serve Philly Cheese Steaks and falafels from lunchtime through late night.
The next time you pull an all-nighter, have insomnia, or just need to nosh well
