The best late-night drunk food in 50 US college towns
By Kareem Gantt
Yelp/Meghan B.
21. Dain’s Place — Durham, NC
They call it a “DIve-ish” bar.
OK, for starters, there is no such thing as a “dive-ish” bar. Either you’re a dive or not, you can’t be both. Second, you can’t call a place that is so good that it should be a North Carolina monument a dive bar.
Dain’s Place is more than that.
For the preppy students that attend Duke University, and get drunk in its many bars in the city’s rejuvenated downtown, Dain’s Place seems like a holdover from the old days, and that’s a great thing.
Seriously, where else will you be able to get smothered tatter tots combined with some of the best southern burgers your mouth will ever taste, all for an NC low price? Nowhere else but Dain’s Place my drunken friend.
So stop calling this temple of drunk food a dive and call it what it really is: A freaking institution of higher drunk eating.
754 9th St
Durham, NC 27705
(919) 416-8800
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20. Smoke’s Poutinerie — Berkeley, CA
Poutine, that high art form of French Canadian cuisine that combines french fries with all sorts of ingredients like cheese curds.
Here in the States, we call them “smothered fries,” but regardless of what you call them, these babies can cure a drunken hangover like Nyquil cures colds. In Berkeley, home to the ultra-liberal University of California, there is a place where they mythical poutine is served to the mass of drunken college students.
Smoke’s Poutinerie.
The food served at this comfort food joint should really only be eaten at night, but that’s the best time to have the ultimate comfort food. They have a variety of poutine, from the regular cheese curds and gravy to bacon and chicken, your drunken tummy won’t disagree with these awesome fries at three in the morning.
2518 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 540-7500
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