Strong Water turns the reservation into a voyage
An Anaheim rum bar whose room, menu, and two-hour seating window all commit to the same story.
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THE WORTHWHILE
Specific recommendations for what to buy, watch, read, play, hear, and visit—and why each one earns your time or money.
Tacos Apson runs on smoke, salsa, and the South Side
Sonoran tacos from a 12th Avenue counter where the grill is part of the room and the order should keep moving.
The Clown Motel is the roadside detour that refuses subtlety
Thirty-one rooms, thousands of clowns, and a cemetery next door make this Tonopah stop stranger than the highway needs it to be.
Townie Bagels makes the Palm Springs morning worth starting early
Water-boiled, malted, made-from-scratch bagels with a real sell-out clock and none of the resort choreography.
Trattoria Zà Zà is Florence at full volume
A 1977 trattoria that expanded from one room into a maze of warm, mismatched dining rooms beside Mercato Centrale.
Wally’s makes the wine shop the dining room
A Beverly Hills bottle wall, cheese counter, and full restaurant operating as one unapologetically excessive room.
The Witch’s Cottage gives NoHo one room for coffee, dinner, and a show
A café, bakery, restaurant, bar, and performance venue folded into one theatrical cottage in the NoHo Arts District.