Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

Barbies stare from the walls, sit on the tables, and even pop out of cakes at this quirky cafe.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

Two planes stand abandoned after the closure of an aircraft-themed restaurant.

In the middle of one of South America's most historic walled cities lies a bar with an enormous collection of Soviet memorabilia.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

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

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

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

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

The only certified Trappist brewery outside of Europe hides in the central Massachusetts hills.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange.

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

After a traumatic encounter with a six-foot eel, one Galway baker started making a daily loaf of sourdough in its shape.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

One of the last remaining buildings from one of Calgary's earliest businesses.

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

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.