Places Clur Wants to Go

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

Puerto Rico's oldest rum producer started its 140-year-old business with "a little barrel."

See tools once used for processing this coffee-substitute plant before sampling its flavor firsthand.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

An on-site urban farm and fish pond supply some of the produce for this upscale restaurant.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found here.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

This upscale restaurant specializing in Michoacán cuisine serves sauces tied to important life events.

An old curiosity shop holds on to a centuries-old tradition of manually-distilled rose water.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.