Food at 2 AM in Glendale Has an Address
There is a specific kind of hunger that arrives long after the kitchens have closed, and Glendale does not leave many options for it. We do. Patar Shawarma carves off the spit until 2 AM every single night at 625 E Colorado St — not a reheated late-night menu, the real thing.
What's actually open at 2 AM here
Run the search at 1:30 in the morning and the map thins out fast. A couple of fast-food drive-throughs running a skeleton menu, a gas station, maybe a 24-hour chain a few miles off. Most of Glendale's real kitchens went dark hours ago, and what's left tends to be whatever can survive under a heat lamp until close. That is the gap we built around.
Our spits run from open at 11 AM straight through to the last carve before 2 AM. The meat at 1:45 comes off the same turning cone as the noon cut, because the cone never stopped turning. Hot food, carved to order, at an hour when that sentence usually isn't true anywhere near you.
Why shawarma is the right 2 AM food
Late-night food has a low bar, and most of it clears the bar by being open and nothing else. Shawarma is different by design. It's protein carved fresh off a vertical spit, wrapped in lavash or piled over fries, dressed with garlic sauce and sharp pickles — substantial without being the kind of heavy that wrecks you, fast without being sad. It's the meal that actually fixes the hunger instead of just answering it.
It also travels and eats the way 2 AM demands. A wrap goes one-handed in the car. A plate or a bowl over fries sits down with you when the night isn't over yet. And the garlic sauce, frankly, hits harder at 2 AM than it has any right to.
Getting your 2 AM order
Walk in right up until close at 625 E Colorado St — parking opens way up at that hour, so the trip is faster than it would be at dinner. Call ahead at (747) 377-0707 and your order is carved and wrapped when you pull up. DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub run late too, though drivers thin out after midnight and each app sets its own cutoff — if the app is stalling at 1:30, just drive over.
The rule of the house: if it's before 2 AM and you're hungry in Glendale, you're not actually out of options. You're ten minutes from a spit that's still turning.
Questions, answered
Is Patar Shawarma really open until 2 AM?+
Yes — 11 AM to 2 AM, seven nights a week, including weekends and holidays unless we post otherwise on Instagram @patar.shawarma. The spit is carving right up to close.
What food can I actually get at 2 AM in Glendale?+
At Patar, the full menu: chicken, beef, and mixed shawarma wraps, plates over rice, the bowl over fries, sides, and garlic sauce — all carved and built to order, not held under a lamp.
Is delivery available that late?+
Usually. DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub deliver from us late into the night, but driver availability drops after midnight. If an app won't take your order, call (747) 377-0707 and pick it up — we're open till 2.
Find us on Colorado St
Patar Shawarma · 625 E Colorado St, Glendale, CA 91205
Get directions →Patar Shawarma · 625 E Colorado St, Glendale, CA 91205 · (747) 377-0707 · Open daily 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM