When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

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

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.

The only certified Trappist brewery outside of Europe hides in the central Massachusetts hills.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

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

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

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

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

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

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

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

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.