At 3200 Sunset Boulevard, a window on the side of the building opens at 6 p.m. and stays open until 3 a.m. It belongs to Swingers, the diner that opened at the base of the Beverly Laurel Motor Hotel in 1993. On October 20, Swingers started takeout in the former All Day Baby space at the corner of Sunset and Descanso. The first night ran 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Starting October 21, the window has run 6 p.m. to 3 a.m.
Those hours make a difference in Silver Lake. Kitchens along Sunset close at different times through the night. Less than two weeks ago, the last ones were at Sunset Junction, and they closed at 1 or 2 a.m. depending on the day. Now the last kitchen to close is at the other end of Sunset, on a corner that served lunch and dinner and closed by 10 p.m. as recently as last year.
The Night, Closing by Closing
Here are the posted hours for the Silver Lake kitchens that serve food past midnight.
| Kitchen | Address | Sunday to Wednesday | Thursday | Friday and Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacari Silverlake | 3626 Sunset Blvd. | 11 p.m. | 12:30 a.m. | 1 a.m. |
| Agra Cafe | 4325 Sunset Blvd. | 1 a.m. | 1 a.m. | 1 a.m. |
| Garage Pizza | 4339 Sunset Blvd. | 11 p.m. | 2 a.m. | 2 a.m. |
| Swingers, takeout window | 3200 Sunset Blvd. | 3 a.m. | 3 a.m. | 3 a.m. |
On a Thursday, Bacari Silverlake closes first, at 12:30 a.m. It serves small plates and pizza until then. Agra Cafe closes at 1 a.m., the same as every other night of the week. Garage Pizza sells slices until 2 a.m. Swingers runs an hour past that.
Sunday through Wednesday, the gap is wider. Garage Pizza and Bacari both close at 11 p.m. Agra Cafe holds on until 1 a.m. After that, the window at Descanso is the only kitchen on this list still serving, and it stays open two more hours.
Three of these four kitchens are in a short stretch of Sunset. Agra Cafe at 4325 and Garage Pizza at 4339 sit almost side by side near Sunset Junction, and Bacari is a few blocks west at 3626. Swingers is farther west than all of them, in the 3200 block. So for the latest hours of the night, Silver Lake's food now comes from the Descanso corner instead of the Junction.
A Corner That Kept Daytime Hours
The building at Sunset and Descanso has had three restaurants in seven years. Until now, none of them was built around the hours after midnight.
- All Day Baby, late 2019 to December 2024. Lien Ta and Jonathan Whitener's diner served its first meal on Black Friday 2019, according to an Eater LA interview published a few months later. It served its last on December 15, 2024, as the Los Angeles Times reported that November.
- Heavy Handed, March 2025 to spring 2026. The smash-burger restaurant opened on the corner in March 2025. Eater LA listed its hours as 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. It closed about a year later.
- Swingers, October 2026 onward. The takeout window runs 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. The dining room is scheduled to open in December, with hours of 8 a.m. to 3 a.m.
Heavy Handed closed at 10 p.m. Its successor's window doesn't open until 6 p.m. and runs five hours past that. The corner now does most of its business at night.
Why a Beverly Grove Diner Came East
Owner Stephanie Wilson told both outlets that covered the opening why she came east. Her regulars had moved. "Now and again we'll see an old face and we'll say, 'Where have you been? We missed you!'" she told the Los Angeles Times. "And they say, 'We've moved to Silver Lake,' 'We've moved to Echo Park.'" She told Eater LA she had long believed Swingers would do well around Silver Lake, and that when the former All Day Baby space became available, "it just felt right."
She has a long history with the place. Wilson started at Swingers in 2010 and worked several jobs there, including general manager. In April 2020, the diner announced it would close permanently. She bought the business and reopened it that November. The original has been a late-night stop since 1993. In 2023 it also served as a gathering point during the WGA strike, with picketers meeting at its booths and patio tables almost every day, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The new location also keeps a connection to the building's last long-running tenant. Wilson wants to honor Jonathan Whitener, whose cooking defined All Day Baby, with a dish on the menu. She is talking with his friends and former colleagues about how to do it. "I'm really honored to take over the space that All Day Baby had," she told Eater LA.
What the Window Serves Now, and What December Adds
The menu is essentially the same as on Beverly Boulevard, and Wilson plans to add daily specials for each location. The menu includes:
- Tuna melts and meatloaf, which the Los Angeles Times opening report named as coming from the window
- California omelets with avocado, Jack cheese, bacon and tomatoes
- Buttermilk pancakes
- The Swingers burger with sautéed onions
- A hot turkey sandwich, plus vegan and vegetarian options
- Chilaquiles, which Wilson named as her current favorite plate
The December dining room will change more than the hours. Wilson is copying the original room with plaid booths, mosaic tile and wood-paneled walls. She told the Los Angeles Times she plans terrazzo floors, a bakery case for pie, a jukebox and a photo booth. Breakfast and lunch will start once the dining room opens.
Once the dining room opens, the corner will serve food for 19 hours a day, from 8 a.m. to 3 a.m. That is longer than any other kitchen in the table above. Agra Cafe comes closest, at 14 hours, from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. For now, the corner opens at 6 p.m.
Planning Around the Last Window
On a Friday or Saturday in Silver Lake, there are four kitchens open after midnight and three staggered closing times. You can have small plates at Bacari until 1 a.m., or dinner at Agra Cafe until the same hour. Garage Pizza sells slices until 2 a.m., and the Swingers window serves tuna melts and meatloaf until 3. On a Tuesday, Agra Cafe is the only one besides Swingers open past 11 p.m.
Bacari also serves weekend brunch at 3626 Sunset from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Until the Swingers dining room opens, Bacari's brunch is the morning option on this list, and the corner at Descanso stays an evening-only stop.
For more on what has opened along Sunset this year, see our earlier piece on Sunset Row and the three kitchens around it. Our Silver Lake neighborhood guide covers the rest of daily life here.
If you're weighing a move to Silver Lake or nearby and want to know how a particular stretch of Sunset feels at different hours, Ali Jack is glad to walk it with you. Let's connect.
