RFK Rankings · San Francisco
Best Late-Night Restaurants in San Francisco 2026
Kitchens open to 11pm and later · San Francisco · 6 ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 20, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Most San Francisco kitchens are dark by ten, so the real question is not where to eat well but where to eat well at eleven. Three rooms run a genuinely late kitchen every night of the week, led by a jazz supper club down a Jackson Square alley that serves to midnight on weekends. Beyond them the field is small and worth knowing precisely: a Tuscan institution open to nearly midnight, a couple of weekend-late Italian rooms, and a cult Cantonese seafood joint. Here is who each suits, what to order, and how late the kitchen actually runs. Six, ranked on the food and how reliably late they go.
1.Bix
A 1988 jazz supper club down a Jackson Square alley with the kitchen running to midnight on weekends. The pick for a proper late dinner with live music.
Bix hides down Gold Street, an alley off Jackson Square at 56 Gold Street, a multi-level supper club founded by Doug Biederbeck in 1988 with live jazz most nights. The kitchen runs to 11pm on weeknights and midnight on Friday and Saturday, which makes it the best genuine late dinner in the city. Order the chicken hash or the steak tartare prepared tableside, with steaks around 58 to 65 dollars. It is the rare place that is as good at 11pm as at 8. Reserve ahead and ask for a table near the band.
Book on Tock; arrive late and order the tartare tableside.
2.North Beach Restaurant
A 1970 North Beach institution serving until nearly midnight every night of the week. The pick when you want real food late on a Tuesday.
North Beach Restaurant has anchored 1512 Stockton Street since 1970, a Tuscan room that, unusually for the city, runs its kitchen continuously to 11:45pm seven days a week. Founded by Lorenzo Petroni and chef Bruno Orsi and renovated under new ownership in 2025, it cooks house-made pasta, house-cured prosciutto and veal in the Tuscan style, with mains roughly 30 to 45 dollars. It is the most reliable late kitchen in San Francisco, weeknights included. Reserve ahead or walk in late.
Book direct or walk in; order the house prosciutto and a pasta.
3.Tosca Cafe
The 1919 North Beach bar reborn as a glamorous Italian room, kitchen to 11pm on weekends. The pick for a late, stylish plate of pasta.
Tosca Cafe has stood at 242 Columbus Avenue in North Beach since 1919, the old bar now run by restaurateur Anna Weinberg with designer Ken Fulk as a glamorous Italian-American room. The kitchen runs to 11pm Thursday through Saturday, so this is a weekend-late pick rather than an every-night one. Order the Tosca meatballs and the house Cappuccino, the boozy one with no coffee in it, with mains around 30 to 40 dollars. Reserve a weekend table and come after the early rush.
Book on Resy; come late on a weekend and order the meatballs.
4.Beretta
A Mission Italian standby with the kitchen open to midnight on weekends and a serious Negroni. The pick for late pizza and small plates.
Beretta has run at 1199 Valencia Street in the Mission since 2008, an Adriano Paganini room that reopened with a redesign in 2025 and keeps its kitchen going to 11pm on weeknights and midnight on Friday and Saturday. The thin-crust pizzas, around 20 to 26 dollars, the seasonal small plates and the Negronis are the order. It is more trattoria than special occasion, which is exactly what you want at 11pm. Reserve ahead or take a seat at the bar.
Book on Resy; grab a bar seat and order a pizza and a Negroni.
5.Yuet Lee
A decades-old Cantonese seafood joint on the Chinatown border, kitchen to 11pm. The cult pick for salt-and-pepper prawns after a long night.
Yuet Lee has cooked Hong Kong-style seafood at 1300 Stockton Street, on the Chinatown and North Beach border, for decades, and its kitchen still runs to 11pm, which counts as genuinely late in this city. The salt-and-pepper prawns, the whole steamed fish and the sauteed crab are what to order, with most seafood dishes 18 to 32 dollars. It is a bright, plain room rather than a special-occasion one, and that is the appeal late at night. Cash is king and it is closed Tuesdays.
Walk in late; order the salt-and-pepper prawns and a steamed fish.
6.Nopa
The chefs' late-night canteen of choice, kitchen to 11pm on weekends. The pick for a wood-oven dinner after everywhere else has stopped.
Nopa has been the place San Francisco cooks eat after their own shifts since 2006, a high-ceilinged Californian room at 560 Divisadero Street in the Western Addition from chef Laurence Jossel. The kitchen runs to 11pm on Friday and Saturday, so it is a weekend-late pick, built around a wood oven that turns out a roasted pork chop and the Nopa burger, with mains roughly 28 to 44 dollars. Reserve a weekend table or sit at the bar for the late seating.
Book on Tock; take the late seating and order the pork chop.
Open, but not actually late
Closes earlier than you think
Original Joe's in North Beach feels like a late-night classic but the kitchen stops at 10pm, and Zuni Cafe on Market closes the kitchen at 9:30pm. Both are excellent, just not the move at 11pm.
Gone for good
Marlena closed permanently in 2023 and The Snug has shut its kitchen, so cross both off any late-night list you find online.
How to eat late in San Francisco
San Francisco is not a late-night dining town, so the genuine 11pm-and-later kitchens are few, and only three run late every night: Bix to midnight on weekends, North Beach Restaurant to 11:45pm daily, and Beretta to 11pm or midnight. Build a weeknight late dinner around those three rather than counting on a room that closes at ten.
On weekends the field opens up, with Tosca and Nopa running their kitchens to 11pm Friday and Saturday. For something looser and later, Yuet Lee does Cantonese seafood until 11pm. Call ahead to confirm the kitchen, not just the bar, since last seatings can move, and reserve where you can.
Frequently asked
What is the best late-night restaurant in San Francisco?
Bix is our top late-night restaurant for 2026. It is a jazz supper club founded in 1988 down Gold Street off Jackson Square at 56 Gold Street, with the kitchen open to 11pm on weeknights and midnight on Friday and Saturday. Order the steak tartare prepared tableside, and reserve a table near the band for a proper late dinner with music.
Which San Francisco restaurants are open late every night?
Only three on this list run a genuinely late kitchen every night: Bix, to 11pm on weeknights and midnight on weekends; North Beach Restaurant, to 11:45pm seven days a week; and Beretta in the Mission, to 11pm or midnight. North Beach Restaurant is the most reliable for a real dinner late on a weeknight.
How late can you eat dinner in San Francisco?
Most kitchens in San Francisco close between 9 and 10pm, which is earlier than visitors expect. For a kitchen running to 11pm or later, your best bets are Bix, North Beach Restaurant, Beretta, Yuet Lee, and on weekends Tosca and Nopa. Call ahead to confirm the last kitchen seating, since closing times can shift night to night.
Where do chefs eat late in San Francisco?
Nopa in the Western Addition has been the late-night canteen of choice for San Francisco cooks since 2006, with a wood-oven menu and the kitchen open to 11pm on Friday and Saturday. Bix and North Beach Restaurant also draw an industry crowd late. Reserve a weekend table at Nopa or take the late seating at the bar.
Do San Francisco late-night restaurants take reservations?
Yes for most of them, and it is worth booking on weekends. Bix and Nopa take reservations on Tock, and Tosca and Beretta on Resy. North Beach Restaurant and Yuet Lee are more walk-in friendly late at night. Wherever you go, call to confirm the kitchen is still serving rather than just the bar.
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