Early Mornings at Lou’s

Mirror Early Mornings at Lou’s One writer explores the popular end-of-an-all-nighter destination: Lou’s. It’s almost finals week. You’re 50 slides and two practice sets deep into your study session, and you look at the time: 3 a.m. Do you go to sleep before your 9L the next morning, or do you pull an all-nighter and nap afterward? On many such nights, I’ve chosen the latter in favor of the creamy and sweet nutella waffles the size of my head from Lou’s Restaurant and Bakery. The routine — stay up, make it to 6:30 a.m. and head to Lou’s for breakfast — is so popular that it even has its own name: the “Lou’s Challenge.” The unofficial tradition turns an otherwise exhausting night of studying, socializing or simply being awake into a shared early-morning reward. For Hinano Kawaiaea ’27, the Lou’s Challenge is never a planned endeavour.

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