Midnight food cravings? This Filipino restaurant in the Bay Area is open 24/7

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Just when you thought your late-night food crawl is limited to a fast-food meal, here comes a 24-hour Filipino restaurant in the Bay Area to your rescue, serving up silog and arroz caldo.

A graveyard shift or after-party hunger can fuel late-night cravings. Thanks to Cafe Colma at the Lucky Chances Casino, you can have hearty Filipino fare day or night.

If you think you’ve witnessed all of Bay Area’s late-night nosh, think again. This restaurant casino located at 1700 Hillside Blvd. in Colma is the only 24-hour Filipino and Asian food hub where young and hip Asian crowds gastronomically fill up during the wee hours with Filipino, Chinese, Vietnamese and American dishes.

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What makes this 24-hour Filipino restaurant casino stand out

The brainchild of Filipino immigrant Rene Medina whipping up Filipino favorites since 1998, Cafe Colma spices up your typical East Coast diner offerings with Filipino flair. It’s a go-to place for all-day brekky with the family or a final stop after a night-out, with some drunken revelry.

KQED food editor Luke Tsai shared Cafe Colma’s distinct appeal: “I’ve been jonesing for the kind of nostalgic late-night diner that I grew up loving on the East Coast… Who knew the closest thing to capturing that vibe would be this Filipino casino café?” 

Stepping inside the casino with its bright lights, you’ll find this 24-hour Filipino restaurant with its heaping bowls of arroz caldo, sizzling plates of silog all served with garlic rice and your lola’s comforting kare-kare — oxtail stew perfected with its peanut butter sauce and a side of bagoong (fermented shrimp paste).

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Don’t skip their crispy pata with its skin crunchiness to die for. And with ube’s popularity reaching new heights across the US, they offer ube ice cream-topped halo-halo in big servings. Yes, even after midnight.

With Cafe Colma’s doors open 24/7, you don’t have to skip those late-night munchies. And with a bit of luck with casino games, you might even take home some extra bucks.