Food and Drink Restaurants Classic Restaurants You Need to Eat at Now Where every order comes with a side of history. By Travel + Leisure Editors Travel + Leisure Editors Since 1971, Travel + Leisure editors have followed one mission: to inform, inspire, and guide travelers to have deeper, more meaningful experiences. T+L's editors have traveled to countries all over the world, having flown, sailed, road tripped, and taken the train countless miles. They've visited small towns and big cities, hidden gems and popular destinations, beaches and mountains, and everything in between. With a breadth of knowledge about destinations around the globe, air travel, cruises, hotels, food and drinks, outdoor adventure, and more, they are able to take their real-world experience and provide readers with tried-and-tested trip ideas, in-depth intel, and inspiration at every point of a journey. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines Published on March 13, 2014 Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Tai Power Seeff Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor, Dania Beach, FL: Alongside an endless array of vintage kitsch (turn-of-the-20th-century license plates; displays of retro candy) are 45-plus flavors of south Florida’s favorite ice cream, handmade daily for 58 years. 128 S. Federal Hwy. $$ Fountain Coffee Room, Beverly Hills: The luncheonette at the Beverly Hills Hotel has served local starlets and studio heads since 1949. While the banana-leaf wallpaper remains, there are nods to today’s tastes: cold-pressed juices and a decadent caramel pumpkin pie named for Mary J. Blige. 9641 Sunset Blvd. $$$ Pellegrini’s Espresso Bar, Melbourne: Melbourne’s reputation as a coffee capital began here, where the city’s first-ever espresso was made in 1954. The look is pretty much unchanged, as is our order: a short black. 66 Bourke St.; 61-3/9662-1885. $ Brittania & Co., Mumbai (pictured): The Irani cafés of Old Bombay may be in decline, but you’d never know it at this sepia-toned relic. Parsi families pack the wobbly tables for berry pulau (basmati rice with fried onions, shaved almonds, and tart barberries). 11 Sprott Rd.; 91-22/2261-5264. $ Bo.lan, Bangkok: A temple to modern Thai cuisine from chefs Duangporn Sonvisava and Dylan Jones. 42 Soi Sukhumvit 26, Klongtan Klongteoy; 66-2/260-2962. Commander’s Palace, New Orleans: Believe the hype: the restaurant where French-Creole and Cajun first blended with nouvelle cuisine four decades ago still sets standards for inventiveness (absinthe-poached oysters), high-gloss classics (turtle soup), and white-glove service.$$$ Balthazar, New York City: Given the gorgeous interior and crazy-sexy crowd, the food at the SoHo stalwart is far better than it needs to be. Take it from star chef Eric Ripert: “I go as often as I can—they have great energy, good service, and fantastic steak frites.”$$$ Angelina, Paris: Skip breakfast—hell, skip lunch—and save every calorie for the decadently thick, not-too-sweet hot chocolate at this ornate 1903 teahouse, an erstwhile haunt of Coco Chanel. $$$ Nasi Ayam Kedewatan, Ubud, Bali: Since 1964, this humble roadside spot has served the finest chicken rice (nasi ayam) in town, garnished with grated coconut, long beans, peanuts, and fiery sambal.$ Ad Hoc, Yountville, CA: Winemakers, farmers, and off-duty cooks make the scene at Thomas Keller’s convivial Napa Valley canteen, where the nightly-changing three-course dinner costs just $52.$$$ Restaurant Pricing Key$ Less than $25$$ $25 to $75$$$ $75 to $150$$$$ More than $150 Appeared as “95 Places to Eat Like a Local: Timeless Classics” in T+L Magazine Best Places to Eat Like a Local: Best Places to Eat Like a Local Best Italian Restaurants in the U.S.: Best Italian Restaurants in the U.S. 5 Restaurants for Classic American Food: 5 Restaurants for Classic American Food Travel + Leisure : By Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure Staff : By Travel + Leisure Staff Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit