Places Sarah Jones Wants to Go

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

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

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

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

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.

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

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

This gas station offers wine tastings and craft beer.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.