Places Edited by Sam O'Brien

Cantonese comfort food is on the menu at this Asiatown mainstay.

West African flavors shine at this unassuming strip mall spot in southwest Houston.

A rotating nine-course menu offers delicious deep-dives into the foodways of Chilean agricultural valleys.

From maqui pisco sours to mote-mushroom risotto, the “Mapuchef” elevates endemic ingredients and celebrates Mapuche foodways.

An extraterrestrial-themed art exhibit makes the perfect place to crash-land while interacting with Andean culture and history.

In a corner of Santiago's largest market, this inventive Mapuche eatery shows "ancestral cuisine" doesn't have to mean old-fashioned.

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

This Tibetan and Naxi village's Honey Rose wine bears the mark of 19th-century French missionaries.

This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

Sample Spanish wines under frescoes in a historic monastery of "barefoot old men."

For more than 15 years, this downtown dive bar has hosted fiery outdoor “iron pours.”

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

Learn the fine art of making a centuries-old treat at this hands-on food museum.

A local pineapple cannery once dumped pineapple trimmings off of this pier, with sometimes smelly results.

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

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

Learn to drink tea like an Estonian at this museum.

A peculiar museum that includes many drunken tales, a drunk driving simulator, and much more.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

The history of drinking is told through 1,800 cups, chalices, and glasses at this exhibit.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.