Unique Restaurants & Bars

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

From lefty Jewish gathering site to hip cultural site in just 80 years.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

Always a new use for this old building.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Paiwanese restaurant run by native indigenous Taiwanese singer songwriter, and home to a DIY arts-and-crafts folk garden.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A wellspring of creativity in an already artsy East London neighborhood.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.