Throwback sandwiches include classic turkey club or the oyster Rockefeller po'boy with spinach rémoulade and spicy-cured lemons. Mehr erfahren.
Particularly creative are the small house-made jars of pickles, including okra with garlic and caraway seeds and Brussels sprouts with garlic and dill ($5 a jar, or $15 for three). Mehr erfahren.
Options include the pickle plate and marinated olives, as well as peekytoe crab rolls, which are more like sliders, and ruby red shrimp tacos. Mehr erfahren.
Owner Roland Biamonte uses unusual ingredients for some of his pizzas, including roasted pumpkin and a truffle cream developed by his mother. Mehr erfahren.
One of London's best pizzerias, and cheaper than Pizza Express, in the mammoth mall at Stratford, the main Olympic Park transit hub. Mehr erfahren.
This pub is a favourite hangout of civil servants, journalists and politicians. Keep your ears open for huddles in the corner discussing the latest political gossip.
Flame-grilled chicken is the trademark dish, juicy and perfectly charred. It's boneless other than the wing, making the texture consistent across the white and dark meat. Mehr erfahren.
Standout cocktails include the Mr. Howell ($9), with single-malt scotch, aged rum, lime juice, and maple syrup. Try it with a grilled cheese sandwich, which stacks up with the best in Brooklyn. Mehr erfahren.
For starters, try the special, pickled Asian vegetables (Chinese broccoli, beets, daikon radish) dusted with horseradish shavings or the peanutty Brussels sprouts, browned to an immaculate crisp. Mehr erfahren.
The rustic wood and brick interior pulls in a youngish crowd for regional beers such as Ommegang Abbey Ale and plates of buttermilk-fried chicken sandwiches, mac and cheese and fried pickles. Mehr erfahren.
Jason Mendenhall, the bar's mixologist, makes his own bitters, preserves and cola—try the San Fran Sprout, made with his soda and fernet-branca, an Italian liqueur. Mehr erfahren.
The menu's more novel options include the Whiskey Fig Fizz ($12), which combines fig jam and Glenfiddich Scotch with egg whites and bitters to make a foamy, not-too-sweet beverage. Mehr erfahren.
This driveway can accommodate up to three rotating food trucks, serving a wide range of fare including Asian-inspired tacos. If the Bacon Bacon truck is around try their $8 pork-belly sandwich. Mehr erfahren.
This is where trash takes flight: Breck Baldwin and Mark Harder craft remote-controlled planes out of spare parts and recycled materials, contraptions they call "flying towels." Mehr erfahren.
Violent winter storms in 2009-2010 eroded the Hamptons coastline. See how much it cost to restore the dunes at this popular beach. Mehr erfahren.
For those outside the Beltway, Wagshal’s has just launched a website that sells the signature brisket as well as a handful of other tasty noshes. Mehr erfahren.
This pub and restaurant is a place where a city that can be divided by language comes together. You can have a good time here, no matter how bad your French or your English is. Mehr erfahren.
At only about 200 square feet, this tiny English-language book shop packs a surprisingly robust selection of titles by local authors and others you won’t find at most large bookstores. Mehr erfahren.
The museum not only shows art but creates staged “scenography”—which are more events than exhibits. Mehr erfahren.
This department store doesn’t feel like a department store. It’s like having all the best boutiques under one roof. Mehr erfahren.
The big fountain there, originally created for the 1976 Olympics by Quebecois artist Riopelle, shoots fire and water and is like a symphony. Mehr erfahren.
The lobster roll with fresh herbs is not to be missed, and the views of the port are amazing. Mehr erfahren.
Camley Street Natural Park, a 2-acre reserve beside Regent’s Canal, is the kind of place you’d expect to access via a rabbit hole. Mehr erfahren.
Inside, rooms named after trees such as cedar, elm and oak are furnished with fine antiques and rich fabrics with floral themes to bring nature into the house Mehr erfahren.
Chef Luis Garza was classically trained in Italian food; now he’s elevated Mexican in this tiny place. It’s awesome. Mehr erfahren.
This gorgeous two-bedroom inn is near the center of Detroit’s two extremes: the abandoned, beaux-arts Michigan Central Station and hip new places to eat and drink. Mehr erfahren.
They’ll give guests running shoes so they can just go out of the hotel and down to the riverfront, where every kind of Detroiter hangs out. Mehr erfahren.
Shows a mix of contemporary and classic films. Tickets are cheap, there’s a cafe that serves wine upstairs and you can see the museum’s Diego Rivera murals before the show. Mehr erfahren.
The café menu, created by farm-to-table champion Aimee Olexy, includes house-made sausage with polenta and oven-dried tomato peppers for breakfast, and carrot ginger soup with crème fraîche for lunch. Mehr erfahren.
