Late Night Places that are Open

[Rifleman]

So how many of you here are night owls? I usually stay up pretty late, even if I have work tomorrow. That being said, I think there is a severe lack of places open late at night. By late, I mean past 11pm.

Wendy's is suppose to have a late night drive thru that opens till 1am or something, but because of the labor shortage here, a lot of them close early. I took a drive around the city at 2am recently and the only things that were open were Denny's, a few Humpty's, and 7-Eleven and Mac's.

What else is open late? We seriously need a 24 hour Wal*Mart and a restaurant like Earl's or Joey Tomatoe's open late.

[HelloHockeyFans]

Don't live in Calgary anymore, but if you like Chinese food I'm pretty sure you'll find at least a couple restaurants still open (and likely pretty crowded) past midnight.

Golden Nugget (name might be incorrect) on Centre Street and 4th (I think?) and Calgary Court would be my guesses.

[JiriHrdina]

Ooooooh. I have a bit of an interest on 24 hour stuff.

Some 24 hour stuff:
- Many of the World Gym locations, including the one on Macleod are open 24 hours
- IGA in Lakeview as 24 hours, but I hear that's been changed of late
- 24 hour car wash on Macleod at around 45th (I think)
- Husky House (of course)
- the Home Depot on Macleod used to be open 24 hours. You could go in there at 3 am and be the only guy in that HUGE store.

[Mccree]

Boston Pizza's are open until 3am I believe.

[JiriHrdina]

Good thread here: http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthr...ght=Stuff+Open

[Looger]

blackfoot truck stop, great greasy spoon

of course the road house king (or road kill as i call it), not that bad but no blackfoot

denny's but eh overpriced, when did this place become more expensive than montana's?

[browna]

IGA in Lakeview open 6am to midnight now.

Was on the coast at Christmas...a large number of drive thrus open 24h like Burger King.

Calgary can't staff Burger Kings past 7pm on weeknights.

[soulchoice]

You are pretty much out of luck when it comes to 24 hr services and food in Calgary compared to other centres. Always been behind the times, not just since the labor shortage. Things have always shut down early in this city for as long as i can remember. Kind of dissapointing to say the least.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by browna

IGA in Lakeview open 6am to midnight now.

Was on the coast at Christmas...a large number of drive thrus open 24h like Burger King.

Calgary can't staff Burger Kings past 7pm on weeknights.

On a similar note...

I went to McDicks in Shawnessy last week for my bi-annual fix and waited for 10 mins in the dive thru line with 3 cars infront of me. I was handed my bag finally and was told "here are your burgers and fries". I drove away and looked in the bag appaled to see that there were infact no fries. Went inside to see about 6 or 7 13 year olds running the place. Not kidding. No one working there could vote. At the counter there was a woman complaining that her fries were cold and 2 guys that were waiting for food for a LONG time with me joining them at the side. When I told the kid he actually CHECKED my bag but not the reciept. I got no napkins, no straw, no ketchup, and no tray. It was awesome. They were all running around, yelling, and bumping into each other. I laughed all the way home, ate my burger and spent the rest of the night on the toilette.

You guys should check it out if your ever in the neighborhood.

[Mr. Mojave]

CPU! Canadian Pizza Unlimited is usually open until around 1 am and usually has hot fresh slices. So good, and located in Deer Run as well as right beside Outlaws on Macleod

[Hack&Lube]

Calgary is really a sad place. Everything aside from Wal-Mart is practically closed at 9PM and there's nothing to do and nowhere to go.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Calgary is really a sad place. Everything aside from Wal-Mart is practically closed at 9PM and there's nothing to do and nowhere to go.

Well, what ae businesses going to do? Pay $15/hour or more to some high school kids to stay open for the possible 1-2% of business that would roll in late? Businesses don't want to operate at a loss. These are the down sides of the boom.

[HockeyPuck]

I think there are a couple of Shoppers Drug Marts that are open late. 24hrs?

[Crazy Flamer]

On New YEars Eve I ordered Pizza from Pizza 73 at 2am. They were open untill 3am. But it was complete crap.

[Phaneuf3]

Originally Posted by Crazy Flamer

On New YEars Eve I ordered Pizza from Pizza 73 at 2am. They were open untill 3am. But it was complete crap.

do you REALLY want to know what the disgruntled kids working at the pizza place on new years eve did to that pizza? and then what the driver did on the way over?

[soulchoice]

Originally Posted by Reaper

Well, what ae businesses going to do? Pay $15/hour or more to some high school kids to stay open for the possible 1-2% of business that would roll in late? Businesses don't want to operate at a loss. These are the down sides of the boom.

There is truth to that, however in Calgary even before the boom, there was little or any businesses open late at all. Compared to other similar populated or larger centers, this city has always been lacking with late night services or activities.

Late night business has never been something the citizens of this city have ever had. The boom hasnt made it any worse than it already was, with respect to late night hours, its still the same as it always has been, limited and crappy.

[return to the red]

there's this place I heard about that puts on some sort of stage show with a pole but I heard that it can be expensive, I hear it's open late

[Knut]

Gerry's on 10th St SW is open 24hrs... 24hr Diner.. good late night breakfast choice..

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by HockeyPuck

I think there are a couple of Shoppers Drug Marts that are open late. 24hrs?

Chinook definately is.

[jar_e]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

Chinook definately is.

I know the one in North Hill Centre (right off of 16 ave, west of SAIT) is open 24 hours as well...it's not much but when I get off at work in the morning and I'm missing something minor it does the trick.