When it's 4 AM and a slice of pizza on Bleecker Street just won't cut it, head to Florent, the true pioneer of dining in the Meatpacking District. Open each night until 5 AM (Thursday through Sunday it stays open 24 hours), this brushed-steel and Formica diner is always a blast -- expect loud music, drag queens, and members of every walk of city life. The simple French menu features decent versions of everything you crave -- onion soup, mussels steamed in white wine, blood sausage, pâté -- and in the early morning hours you can also order from a full breakfast menu. Subway: A, C, E to 14th St.; L to 8th Ave.