Santa Barbara, California
Cold Spring Tavern
Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.
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Santa Barbara, California
Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.
Rose Hill, North Carolina
This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.
Washington, D.C.
Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.
Monteagle, Tennessee
This mansion turned restaurant was once a pitstop for Al Capone during his travels.
Berkeley, California
This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.
Edinburgh, Scotland
One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.
San Francisco, California
This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.
Dearborn, Michigan
Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.
Stanley, North Dakota
The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.
San Bernardino, California
The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.
Sacramento, California
The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.
West Palm Beach, Florida
This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."
Pacifica, California
The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.
Houston, Texas
A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.
Tucson, Arizona
One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.
Jersey City, New Jersey
This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.
San Diego, California
Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.
Providence, Rhode Island
From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.
Biddeford, Maine
Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.
Unity, Maine
After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.
Phoenix, Arizona
Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.