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Mt. Pleasant Salvadoran/Mexican mainstay Haydee’s wants to join the small but growing crew of restaurants that remain open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

In an application filed with the Alcoholic Beverage Regulatory Administration last month, the restaurant asked to extend its service hours so that it could remain open indefinitely. Currently, Haydee’s opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 2 a.m. on weekdays and 3 a.m. on weekends. The application also asks that alcohol service hours and entertainment hours be extended by a half-hour on weekdays and weekends, ending at 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. respectively. Owner Haydee Vanegas told us yesterday that she merely wanted to give breakfast and brunch a try.

While residents and an ANC haven’t yet had time to form opinions on the proposal, this wouldn’t be the first time that Haydee’s has fought its neighbors. In 2008, Vanegas joined a coalition of residents pushing for live music to be allowed in the neighborhood; they were successful. In 2010, Haydee’s tried to change its license so it could operate as a nightclub, which would merely exempt it from rules regarding percentage of profits derived from food sales. In that attempt Venegas failed, though she did get a tavern license instead. The restaurant also recently got into a fight with neighbors over a tree it cut down to make way for outdoor seating; the tree has since been replanted. (The picture above was taken before the original tree was cut down.)

There are only a few restaurants in D.C. that never close, among them The Diner and the newly opened The Coupe on 11th Street in Columbia Heights.