Discover 1682 Gastro Places

The last surviving bastion of the Baquet restaurant empire serves up superb soul food.

This non-profit restaurant offers job training and skills to members of the Central City community.

Southern comfort food is on the menu at this neighborhood favorite.

Rise early for Kaitlin Guerin’s coveted sweet and savory pastries.

Fully ignoring any conventions of fine dining, chef Peter Vazquez turns out some of the best meals in the city in takeaway containers.

A vending machine dedicated to a beloved seaweed.

Since 1929, this institution has been serving one of the most celebrated po’ boys in New Orleans.

This old shop has been selling plum juice in central Taipei for over 60 years.

Time-travel through Thai cuisine drawn from vintage cookbooks and little-known ingredients.

While it might look like an ordinary chain, this is the shop that turned Thai iced tea into a global phenomenon.

Sidle up for this Chinatown watering hole for Thai moonshine accompanied by traditional live tunes.

This old-timey Chinatown institution specializes in one of the city’s best Thai-Chinese fusion dishes.

Bangkok’s most beloved fried chicken spot lets its garlic-burrowed birds do the talking.

This neon-lit back-alley spot deals in good vibes and curries that pack a punch.

For more than 30 years, this stalwart has been one of the few restaurants in Bangkok specializing in northern Thai cuisine.

This Chinatown hole-in-the-wall serves what might be the ultimate oyster omelet.

Visit a century-old sweet shop serving gold-standard mango sticky rice.

The porky tom yum soup at this Sukhumvit Road institution has a cult following.

Miners in Michigan developed a taste for Cornish beef pasties, which this roadside stand has been selling since 1947.

Ernest Hemingway used to frequent this general store, which appears in several of his short stories.