Places Oubliette Wants to Go

Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

This ice cream parlor serves scoops of flavors like rakia, medlar, and poppy seed.

Learn to drink tea like an Estonian at this museum.

This bakery sells traditional Māori sourdough.

Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.

Grapes be damned, this distillery makes wine from apples, blueberries, cranberries, and more.

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.

Decor at “Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor” includes Raquel Welch's brassiere hanging from a stuffed moose head.

Glasgow's oldest pub has a proud literary tradition and possibly a ghost or two.

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

Dine on old-school red sauce fare at a former mob hang out and film set for The Sopranos.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

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