Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

Come for the bread-themed puppet show, stay for the buffet.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found here.

An on-site urban farm and fish pond supply some of the produce for this upscale restaurant.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.

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

An old curiosity shop holds on to a centuries-old tradition of manually-distilled rose water.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

Nibble as you learn about Slovenia's longstanding tradition of making beautiful honey cookies.

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

The Quapaw tribe supplies the meat and produce in this Oklahoma casino restaurant.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.