Places JLowdown Wants to Go

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

Rumored to have been frequented by Vincent van Gogh, it's the only remaining genever producer in the Hague.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

Nestled among the artifacts of the National Crafts Museum, this hidden gem offers hard-to-find regional foods from all over India.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.