Late-night Asian food coming to South Huntington Ave.

The Boston Licensing Board today approved a new Asian restaurant that will stay open until 2 a.m. near the intersection with Huntington Avenue.

Nathan Long, owner of the Wok N Talk planned for 23 S. Huntington (site of a former Ethiopian restaurant) said that in his student days, he realized there was a shortage of places around Mission Hill for late-night food during finals week. He had originally proposed staying open until 3 a.m., but agreed to scale back in a meeting with the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council. The restaurant will feature an open kitchen, he said.

Long also won approval to open at 6 a.m. to serve up light breakfasts to those same all-night-pulling students and others. He also agreed to some conditions proposed by the neighborhood group, including putting a trash barrel outside and putting the restaurant's name and logo on take-out bags, so that people can see whom to blame should trash become an issue.