"Some churches will be open all night on Saturday-Sunday, " the paper says.

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Onsite cafes and seafood bars are open all hours for a late-night snack between purchases stop for a bite at the Deep Seafood Cafe and Oyster Bar, located between Poulos Bros Seafood and All Seas Wholesale, before having dessert at Scoop Ice-Cream and Coffee.

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He attributes the initial shift to improvements in street lighting, domestic lighting and a surge in coffee houses - which were sometimes open all night.

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