Places Karin Kross Wants to Go

Tucked away amongst Leadenhall Market’s cobbled passageways is a whimsical little (literally) attraction.

For more than two centuries, this family-run establishment has been serving up some of Ireland's best oysters.

A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

As the Royal Family's jam supplier, this museum displays relics from the two world wars, farm equipment, a four legged chick, and other curiosities.

With a history stretching back to the 16th century, this pub has a few stories to tell.

This 400-year-old noodle joint was once frequented by a fox-turned-monk, according to local folklore.

Behind this unmarked facade lies the original bomba—a crunchy orb of fried mashed potatoes stuffed with minced meat.

Grab a slice of Catalonia’s famous flatbread in a space with ancient Roman roots.

Sink your spoon into a luscious crema Catalana at this former urban dairy farm.

It’s Christmas every day at Barcelona’s oldest restaurant.

Start your day with a Catalan-style “fork breakfast”—complete with booze—at this rustic restaurant.

The oldest surviving “eel, pie, and mash” shop in London is renowned for its infamous jellied eels.

Originally founded in 1654, this coffee house claims to be the oldest of its kind in Europe.

Travel to the Balearics without leaving Barcelona at this restaurant specializing in Mallorcan cuisine.

Visit the only cheesemaker working in Barcelona.

Open since 1912, this restaurant is one of the few left that serves chicken with lobster and other Catalan-style surf and turf staples.

Dunk your churros in rich hot chocolate on the city’s old “Chocolate Street.”

The last vestiges of a magnificent Victorian-era train station can be found in this pub.

Once a 19th-century refuge for immigrants, this pub has hosted performances by Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys.

Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

A historic pub in the front room of a Victorian-era house.

Perhaps the most storied New York City eatery, Delmonico’s reshaped American restaurants.