A listing of open businesses and things to do after 10pm.
Restaurants
Open 24 Hours
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Ferrell's Donuts Ocean Street and Mission Street locations
Open Late
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Acapulco Open until 11pm on the weekends
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Boulder Creek Brewery & Cafe Open until 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays
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Charlie Hong Kong Open until 11pm every night
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Chocolate open until 11pm every night
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Clouds Open until 11pm on weekends
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Crepe Place Kitchen Open until Midnight Every Night
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Ideal Bar and Grill Open until midnight every night (Kitchen closes at 10:30PM)
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Mobo Sushi Open until 11pm Thur-Sat
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Red Kitchen Open 'till Midnight Every Night
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Saturn Cafe Open until 3am most nights
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Seabright Brewery Open until 11:30 pm every night
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Tampico Restaurant and Bar Open until 2am every night
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Taqueria Santa Cruz Open until 11:45 every night
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Taqueria Vallarta (on Soquel Avenue) open until midnight every night
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Mobo (in Trader Joe's parking lot downtown) Open until 11pm Thursday thru Saturday
Fast Food
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Jack in the Box Dining room: 6 am-11 pm; Drive-Thru: 24 hours a day.
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McDonald's Mission Street location open until 11pm, Ocean Street location open until 11:30
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Taco Bell Open until 1 am
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Burger King Open until 11pm
Coffee Shops
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Cafe Pergolesi Open until 11pm every night
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Fins Coffee Open until 11 pm every night.
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Lulu Carpenters Open until midnight every night
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Mr. Toots Coffeehouse Open until 10:30pm every night
Groceries, Drugstores and Liquor Stores
Open 24 Hours
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CVS pharmacy Front Street location only.
Open Late
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DJ's Mini Mart open until 1am every night
Gas Stations
Open 24 Hours
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Union 76 Downtown: Ocean Street @ Water Street; Eastside: Soquel Drive @ Highway 1 (exit 439).
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USA Grown Fuels Gasoline, biodiesel, mini-mart. Soquel Avenue @ 7thAvenue.
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Valero Corner Store Westside: Mission Street (across Safeway); Eastside: Soquel Avenue @ Frederick Street.
Open Late
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Rotten Robbie's Open until 11pm nightly
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Valero Corner Store Ocean Street, until 11 pm.
Other Businesses
Open 24 Hours
Open Late
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Wired Wash Cafe Open until 11pm every night
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Laundryworks 17thAvenue open until 11 pm; Portola Drive @ 30thAvenue open until 1 am.
Recreation
Open 24 Hours
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24 Hour Fitness Well, duh.
Open Late
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Midnight Movies at the Del Mar Theater on Friday and Saturday nights
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Frenchy's (an adults-only sex shop) is open until 11pm Sunday thru Thursday, and until 1am on Friday and Saturday
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Kiva Retreat House Sun-Thur till 11pm, Fri and Sat until 12
Transportation
24 Hours
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Taxis are generally available on-call 24 hours per day.
Late
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Santa Cruz Metro A limited number of routes run past midnight.
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Dial-A-Ride Service Limited coverage area to and from UCSC. Sun-Thu: 12 am-1:30 am; Fri & Sat: 12 am-2:30 am.
On the UCSC Campus
Keep in mind that after 8pm, the campus is closed, and someone either needs to call the front gate to allow you in or you need to bring your student ID.
Also, remember that the hours listed here are for the school terms only, not during summer and holidays.
Dining Halls
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Crown/Merrill Dining Hall is open until midnight Tuesday thru Saturday.
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College Eight/Oakes Dining Hall is open until midnight Sunday thru Thursday.
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Colleges Nine and Ten Dining Hall is open until midnight Sunday thru Thursday.
Eateries
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Hungry Slug at Porter College is open until 11pm Monday thru Thursday.
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Cowell Coffee Shop at Cowell College is open until 11:30pm Sunday thru Thursday
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College Eight Cafe at College Eight is open until 11:30pm Monday thru Friday
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Oakes Cafe at Oakes College is open until 11pm Monday thru Thursday.
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Stevenson Coffee House at Stevenson College is open until 11:30pm Sunday thru Thursday
Age 21+ Venues and Bars
Most bars and nightclubs are open past ten o'clock with varying closing times. For a listing, check out the Bars and Nightclubs page.
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