The Valley’s classic Mexican haunt serves comfort fare like enchiladas, fajitas, burritos, and margaritas until midnight on weekends, making this the ideal night-owl hangout. The timeless vibe and plush banquettes just add to the experience.

One of Thai Town’s classic late-night haunts, this versatile cafe has everything from classic pan-fried noodles to boat noodles that work well to soak up any booze from nearby dive bars and cocktail spots. Sanamluang closes at 2 a.m. nightly.

Classic Hollywood chicken-and-waffle restaurant Roscoe’s serves its namesake dish, plus plenty of other hearty fare, until midnight every night. The chain’s West LA (Pico) location also serves until midnight every day while Long Beach, Anaheim, and Pasadena serve until midnight on weekends.

One of LA’s most iconic late-night destinations, Jones serves a red sauce-style Italian menu of calamari, bruschetta, pizza, and pasta. The spaghetti and meatballs are a classic, as is the griddled slice of apple pie a la mode. A fantastic combination of rock-and-roll dive with Italian American comfort food.

This iconic patio space, previously Cliff’s Edge, is now Bacari, a vaguely Mediterranean small plates and wine bar with service until midnight on weekdays and until 2 a.m. from Thursday to Saturday.

The open-air L.P. rooftop is a reliable late-night hangout with excellent cocktails and a snacky menu of burgers, tacos, fries, and a buttermilk fried chicken sandwich open until midnight. Also try the salt and pepper calamari with shishito peppers.

Classic Fairfax Avenue deli Canter’s has always been open 24/7, serving reliable pastrami sandwiches, matzo ball soup, salads, and other diner-style food to an always-colorful set of night owls.

This plant-based burger spot using well-seared Impossible meat serves burgers, fries, and more until midnight on weekends. There are other locations in Koreatown, Third Street, and Riverside.

This North Korean-style dive bar has the exact ambiance one would expect at a low-key place in Pyongyang, and that's a good thing. Expect the food to be much better pub fare, with skewers, wings, savory pancakes, and plenty of other drinking grub that goes great late into the night. Serves until 2 a.m., seven days a week.

Though the menu at this reliable Korean restaurant has virtually everything, the namesake gamjatang is the best reason to come here. With rich, spicy soups full of hulking pork neck bones, it’s a great hangover cure, or pre-hangover cure.

There’s something intoxicating about the smell of short rib boiling in a fiery stone pot. The flavors only get better at Sun Nong Dan after last call; just beware the potential wait times when everyone shows up at the same time trying to cure tomorrow’s hangover. Open 24/7, though there can be waits even in the middle of the night. The newer Western Avenue location is also open 24/7.

Koreatown might have the highest density of late-night restaurants in Los Angeles, but BCD Tofu House has long been ground zero for folks hungry past midnight. Spicy tofu stews and a wide range of classic Korean dishes are available until midnight on weeknights and until 3 a.m. on weekends.

Downtown’s other famous French dip restaurant is more of a noirish cocktail bar than a full-on restaurant, but the sandwich is just as delicious as Philippe’s. As a bonus for late-night revelers, the kitchen is open until 2 a.m. serving pork, roast beef, turkey, braised lamb, and pastrami dip sandwiches as well as pie slices.

After a night of drinking up and down Manhattan Beach Boulevard, one is likely to end up at the Kettle, one of the South Bay’s 24-hour restaurants with an extensive menu, from salads to chicken tenders to nightly meatloaf platters.