Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

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

The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

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

This recipe is set in stone.

A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

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

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

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

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

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

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.