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A traditional lunch at Moran’s Oyster Cottage.

Kilcolgan, Ireland

Moran’s Oyster Cottage

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

Dental Phanthom

Dublin, Ireland

Museum of Curiosities

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

A facsimile of James Joyce's death mask

Dublin, Ireland

The Little Museum of Dublin

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

Tiptree Jam Museum entrance.

Tiptree, England

Tiptree Jam Museum

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.

The George has a history dating back to the 16th century.

London, England

George Inn

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

A simple box of soba noodles with aburaage (fried tofu), the foxes’ favorite food.

Tokyo, Japan

Inari Soba Mansei

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

This “bomb” is really a deep-fried, golf ball-sized globe of mashed potatoes with a minced meat center.

Barcelona, Spain

La Cova Fumada

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

Unlike pizza, this flatbread is seldom topped with cheese or tomato.

Barcelona, Spain

L'Antic Bocoi del Gòtic

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

Meet Catalonia's answer to crème brûlée.

Barcelona, Spain

Granja M. Viader

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

Escudella, a ham bone broth with snail-shaped pasta, is traditionally reserved for Christmas.

Barcelona, Spain

Can Culleretes

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

Introducing the real breakfast of champions: grilled lamb chops and beans.

Barcelona, Spain

Cal Boter

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

Pie and mash comes with the traditional parsley liquor.

London, England

M. Manze

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

Order a cappuccino where the concept of utilitarianism was invented.

Oxford, England

Queen’s Lane Coffee House

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

omàtiga de aregada is a salad of bitter escarole topped with a mix of minced tomatoes, salted sardines and pickled sea fennel.

Barcelona, Spain

Na Mindona

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

This former veterinarian and self-professed “super lover of cheese” now follows his passion.

Barcelona, Spain

Pinullet

Visit the only cheesemaker working in Barcelona.

For dessert, try the flan mel i mató, made with a type of Catalan cheese.

Barcelona, Spain

La Pubilla

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

The hot chocolate here is particularly thick and rich.

Barcelona, Spain

Granja Dulcinea

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

This pub was once Euston Station.

London, England

The Euston Tap

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

Look for the cheery red and white exterior.

London, England

The Dublin Castle

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

This classic London pub has a surprising history behind it.

London, England

John Snow

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.”

Margie’s Candies, on the corner of Western and Armitage since 1921.

Chicago, Illinois

Margie’s Candies

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

Exterior of the historic Dyffryn Arms pub.

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Dyffryn Arms

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

Delmonico's Restaurant

New York, New York

Delmonico’s Restaurant

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

Warning: you may never be able to go back to mass-produced versions of jambon-beurre.

Paris, France

Chez Aline

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

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