Late Night Late Night Breakfast Blogging

Word to the wise in the U Street corridor -- the Florida Avenue Grill is now serving breakfast until 4AM on weekends -- delicious!

Comments

and here I thought U street at 4:00AM was a wisdom free zone

Posted by ChrisB | September 16, 2007 2:41 AM

Is your delicious judgment based on the perspective of drunk food?

Posted by Joseph | September 16, 2007 3:02 AM

sir,

a photography would have been much appreciated by this reader. but perhaps i overstep my bounds....

sincerely.,
c.v. snicker

Posted by chet snicker | September 16, 2007 3:13 AM

"Is your delicious judgment based on the perspective of drunk food?"

Look, the good folks at the Taco Bell corporation are spending big bucks to build public awareness that Fourth Meal ≠ Breakfast.

Please don't undo all their good works.

Good drunk food includes pizza, quesadillas, gyros, and falafel. It does not include eggs and homefries.

Thank you for your help on this important topic.

Posted by Petey | September 16, 2007 6:01 AM

Obviously Petey has never scarfed down two poached eggs over corned beef hash, with some home fries and fresh squeezed OJ, at 5-6am, after a all-nighter.

Wonderful drunk food.

Posted by mopper | September 16, 2007 8:32 AM

For goodness' sake, what do you think the hygiene standards are at the FAG? I'm guessing that their (tasty) poached rat omelet is not worth dying of salmonella poisoning...

Posted by b-real | September 16, 2007 8:39 AM

"Obviously Petey has never scarfed down two poached eggs over corned beef hash, with some home fries and fresh squeezed OJ, at 5-6am, after a all-nighter."

With very minor shifts in the details, of course I have. And it can be wonderful.

But 6am food is a different beast than 2am food. And I stand behind my criticism of breakfast elements for the latter.

Posted by Petey | September 16, 2007 9:22 AM

I would suggest that a business strategy that involves discontinuing breakfast at 4:00 AM is a truly terrible one.

Posted by Soullite | September 16, 2007 9:38 AM

Petey: sure, eggs aren't the best drunk food out there, but pancakes/hotcakes and/or french toast? Those are specially designed for late night drunken consumption (or mid-morning breakfast consumption, of course).

Also, Matt, when do you sleep (if ever)? Like 5 hours a night? Or do you just have automated posts going up around 9 am while you laze in bed until 3 in the afternoon?

Posted by Zack | September 16, 2007 1:32 PM

There's one very simple requirement for drunk food: grease. Everything else is a minor detail.

Posted by Dan | September 16, 2007 2:38 PM

If you're a diner staying open until 4 a.m., shouldn't you just push through until 6 a.m. or so for opening?

Posted by Kriston Capps | September 16, 2007 3:24 PM

"There's one very simple requirement for drunk food: grease. Everything else is a minor detail."

Meh.

While grease is indeed a requirement, it's not the only one.

Handheld operation and a certain 'fun food' quotient are also important. Hence fish 'n' chips is good drunk food while bacon and eggs is not.

Posted by Petey | September 16, 2007 8:52 PM