Gastro Obscura's Top 20 Places to Eat and Drink

Pacaya
Volcano · San Vicente Pacaya
"For this chef, an active volcano is his oven."

Indian Pueblo Kitchen
Native American restaurant · Albuquerque
"Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center."

Stadshuskällaren
Swedish restaurant · Riddarshomen
"Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall."

Jones Bar-B-Q Diner
Barbecue restaurant · Marianna
"One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home."

Chùa Giác Minh
Buddhist temple · East Palo Alto
"An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat."

The Rock Restaurant Zanzibar
Seafood restaurant
"Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide."

El Vilsito
Taco restaurant · Narvarte Poniente
"By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos."

Taedonggang Beer Brewery Bar
Bar · Pyongyang
"An English brewery transported to North Korea."
Delaware Delicacies Smoke House
Restaurant · Hancock
"At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself."

Wattana Panich Beef Broth
Thai restaurant · Watthana Khwaeng
"At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years."

Armenian Monastery Mechitarist
Monastery · Lido
"Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam."

Harukoro Ainu Restaurant
Izakaya restaurant · Shinjuku
"Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan."

Bale Mountains National Park
National park · Bale
"An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants."

Bålyveien 48
Agder
"The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway."

3259 E 95th St
Building · Lake Calumet Industrial District
"Calumet Fisheries: One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft." "

ATLAS
Bar · Bugis
"A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin."
