Picture this: You’ve just aced that physics midterm you’ve been worrying about all week and now you’re on Welch Avenue at the only logical place to celebrate this achievement — the bars in Campustown.

Suddenly, you feel a slight rumble in your stomach. Could it be that last tequila shot you took? No, it’s something else. At last you figure it out — you’re hungry.

You look at your cell phone and see it’s late — already 1 a.m. Luckily, Campustown has a lot to offer without having to empty out your pockets.

If you’re in Mickey’s Irish Pub, 109 Welch Ave., you’re already on the right track. On Thursday nights, they offer free Papa John’s pizza from 9 p.m. to midnight. If that’s not enough, they also have free hot dogs and popcorn all night every night.

“We have a popcorn machine and people can just help themselves to whatever they want,” said Mickey’s employee Brian Schutte.

On Wednesday nights, Paddy’s Irish Pub, 124 Welch Ave., has its own bar treats. Its $1 hamburgers are offered from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Better known as “buck burgers,” it has become a popular weekly tradition among ISU students.

“After a long week of classes, nothing can compare to ‘buck burgers,’” said Mallory Przybylski, senior in exercise and sports science.

Club 8, 216 Stanton Ave., Cy’s Roost, 124 1/2 Welch Ave., and People’s Bar and Grill, 2428 Lincoln Way, also serve food daily, but they all stop serving before 10 p.m., when they turn into more of a bar atmosphere.

Es Tas, 120 Welch Ave., on the other hand, is open until 3 a.m., and will serve food to anyone who dines in until closing time. They are also well-known for their inexpensive Jager-bombs.

For those who haven’t yet hit that age where you can experience the bars and their food, have no fear — the gyro man is here. For the uninformed and unenlightened, a gyro consists of pita bread, lamb meat, cucumber dill sauce, feta cheese, tomatoes and onions. The employees at Smiles and Gyros will make sure your gyro has plenty of options. Chicken is available as a substitute for lamb.

“The best drunk food in the world is a gyro,” said Megan Ellis, senior in finance. “You can’t walk by the gyro stand and not eat one — it smells so good.”

Smiles and Gyros has numerous locations in Campustown and one location downtown. They open at 11 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and at 9 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays. They close after the bars close or whenever the crowd starts dying down.

If lamb meat isn’t your thing, there are other stands open late that may tickle your taste buds. The Dog Station, located across from Kum & Go on Welch Avenue, serves hot dogs with different options including a peculiar topping — potato chips.

Also open late Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights is a stand on the corner of Lincoln Way and Welch Avenue owned by Cafe Beaudelaire. It serves chacareros, a type of sandwich filled with chicken or beef, guacamole, spicy cilantro, tomatoes, beans and cheese. Kabobs are also available, and everything on the menu is less than $5.

“Campustown always has anything you’re craving after a long night out,” said Jessica Drey, senior in agricultural business.

If monstrous built-to-order burritos for around $5 are your thing, the Flying Burrito, 2712 Lincoln Way, is open until 3 a.m. on weekdays and 4 a.m. on weekends. For the vegetarian in you, try the Soyrizo. Open just as late are Pita Pit, 114 Welch Ave., and Jimmy John’s subs, with locations all around Ames. All three deliver.