The Midnight DinersThe Midnight Diners

The Midnight Diners is a regular collaboration between KQED food editor Luke Tsai and artist Thien Pham. Follow them each week as they explore the hot pot restaurants, taco carts and 24-hour casino buffets that make up the Bay Area’s after-hours dining scene.

Illustration of a spread of Korean food, including fried chicken wings, kimchi stew, rice cakes in cream sauce, and bowls of white rice.

Korean Fried Chicken Is the Perfect Late-Night Bar Snack

Illustration: Two men in glasses look ravenously hungry as they dig into a burgers and fries.

There’s No Late-Night Burger Like a Desi Burger

Some of the Bay Area’s Best Garlic Butter Crab Is Served in San Bruno After Midnight

(I'm going to create a cropped version of Thien's

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