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Get your late-night grub on at Darling's Diner

POSTED: Friday, April 9, 2010, 4:40 PM

Filed Under: Dirty Dishes

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"Pie fashion" by Jeff Cohn for Darling's Diner

Unlike NYC where you have your choice of tamales delivered straight to the bar, Veselka's pierogies, pies and giant pancakes or even a multi-course fish fest at Blue Ribbon sushi at four in the a.m., your Philadelphia late-night dining options are beyond woefully limited. Pat's, Geno's and Jim's are all standing by with grease-dripped cheesesteaks, of course, and Center City Pretzel Co. hits the spot for a dollar or less. Sit-down affairs are limited to diners, but sadly the most famous of the 24-7s have been in decline for years (I don't even want to talk about the Melrose.) Darling's Diner in the Piazza at Schmidt's (1033 N. Second St.) noticed the doughnut hole and fired back with cheesecake, staying open Friday and Saturday nights until 6 a.m. In addition to ten varieties of their famous cheesecake ($5.95/slice), the full menu of sandwiches, salads, specials and "breakfast anytime" is available to late-night patrons. Those who really make a night of it might be interested to know the diner kicks off Saturday and Sunday brunch service at 8 a.m. Eyeball the full menu on Darling's Web site.

BarryG

Posted 2010-04-09 13:09:41

What is with this Piazza spots and the pictures of models smashing food all over themselves?  It's disgusting.

adam

Posted 2010-04-09 14:09:54

And I thought PYT's ads were bad....

MarketLady

Posted 2010-04-09 16:02:40

Go Darling's! If we could get the S. Philly Paesano's to close in tha AM on weekends, I'd be a happy lady. :-)

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