Vienna, Austria
Café Sperl
Royals, rebels, and artists have all conversed at this grand 19th-century Viennese coffee house.
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Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Shinhama Ekimae
Housed in a Japanese colonial-era bank, this cafe pours next-level cold brew.
Queens, New York
Bodhi Village
Get to know the plant-based fare of Chinese Buddhist monks.
Naples, Italy
Bar Nilo
Locals pay their respects at a shrine to soccer player Diego Maradona—which claims to contain a real lock of his hair.
Food & Drink
Drinks
Tiquira
This violet-hued liquor is Brazil's oldest spirit.
Prepared Foods
Maultaschen
Legend has it that a monk hid meat in these dumplings to fool God.
Drinks
Pont
A town in East France still makes a beloved green-anise liquor born after the ban of absinthe.
Sweets
Lancashire Courting Cake
Before dating apps, young people used this cake to express their feelings.
