Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

In a small town outside Jerusalem, a roadside diner is devoted to all things Elvis Presley.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

One of the last remaining buildings from one of Calgary's earliest businesses.

This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.

A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.