Places lokimann Wants to Go

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

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

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

A hidden bar inside an ad agency has a deliberately misleading name, so employees can stay late under pretext of paperwork.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.