Unique Restaurants & Bars

A secret door leads to this cozy dive that sells only “milk.”

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

A rooftop restaurant hides in plain sight atop Vienna's Palace of Justice.

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

Along a rail-biking route, giant insects house a two-story restaurant.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

This restaurant gives a new meaning to farm-to-table cuisine.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

A basement pool hall is the front for some of the best Dominican food in New York City.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.