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Gastro Obscura

Discover 1364 Gastro Places

Nashville, Tennessee

Brown's Diner

This beloved cheeseburger-slinging trailer holds Nashville's oldest beer license.

A “Hot Matty” pizza topped with pickles, house-made ranch, Calabrian chiles, dill, and so much cheese.

Madison, Tennessee

Pinky Ring Pizza

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

Nashville, Tennessee

Yay Yay's

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.

A smoørrebrød spread.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Restaurant Schønnemann

Traditional Danish spot where the schnapps are flowing and the smørrebrød is loaded.

Salzburg, Austria

St. Peter Stiftskulinarium

Epicurean and holy traditions converge in what may be the oldest restaurant in Europe.

A plate of perfect beef momos.

Queens, New York

Amdo Kitchen

A former Tibetan monk made a name for himself selling some of the best beef momos in New York.

The entrance to Konditorei Buchwald.

Berlin, Germany

Konditorei Buchwald

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

Ziibimijwang Farm's very existence is an act of advocacy for Indigenous food soveignty.

Carp Lake, Michigan

Ziibimijwang Farm

“The Place Where Food Grows Near the River” implements ancestral Indigenous agricultural techniques.

Koguma’s “Showa-retro” interior.

Koguma

This cozy café is housed in a repurposed pharmacy originally built in 1927.

The interior of the shop is crammed with sustainably sourced chocolates.

El Cacaotal

Visit Lima’s one-stop-shop for sustainably sourced and produced Peruvian chocolate.

A traditional veal schnitzel.

Budapest, Hungary

Rosenstein

Dine on Hungarian-Jewish dishes at this multigenerational, family-run institution.

The view from Jaja Ding Dong.

Húsavík, Iceland

Jaja Ding Dong

A real-life homage to the Rachel McAdams and Will Ferrell's fictional Eurovision musical duo.

On the upper floor of the McDonald's.

Subotica, Serbia

World’s Only Art Nouveau McDonald’s

Housed in a 1912 architectural masterpiece, this outlet of the Golden Arches is a real beauty.

The exterior of this centuries-old candy shop.

Minatoya Yurei Kosodate-Ame Honpo

Legend has it that centuries ago, a ghost once frequented this candy shop to feed her still-living baby.

A 14-foot-tall wooden replica of Henry.

Gold Bar, Washington

Espresso Chalet

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

The trendy bar Silver Lyan sits in what was once the historic Riggs Bank.

Washington, D.C.

Silver Lyan

Sip creative cocktails in the former vault of the Riggs Bank.

The retro interior of the restaurant.

West Hollywood, California

Formosa Cafe

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

This German version of poutine includes pork tenderloin, gravy, and fries.

Ronneburg Restaurant

What was once a communal kitchen now serves heaping portions of hearty German fare.

Turkey thigh roulade with bayou belle sweet potatoes and fried wheatberries.

St. Louis, Missouri

Bulrush

This ambitious restaurant celebrates the culinary traditions of the Ozarks before 1870.

Confections of all kinds.

New York, New York

Economy Candy

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.