Places ejbrown Wants to Go

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.

One of the few surviving examples of Victorian-era public toilets now houses a small homestay.

Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

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

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

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

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?

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

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

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

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

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.