Atlanta

Ammazza - traditional Neapolitan pizza; their meatballs are also sublime

Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q - best BBQ in town; try their smoked chicken salad

South City Kitchen - best southern restaurant in Atlanta; the size of entrees may beat you

Wrecking Brewpub - really nice selection of local beer; not far from Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q so you can grab a pint while waiting for a table

Barcelona

Caelis - contemporary European cuisine; great bargain for lunch; make sure to reserve kitchen table

Xerta - Mediterranean food with focus on seafood

Berlin

Facil - creative cuisine with very good wine pairings

Madami - good Vietnamese food

Chicago

Avec - good Mediterranean food

Bellemore - new American food at highest level; head chef already won multiple awards and actually shows up in the kitchen; try their shaved foie gras or green garlic torchio

Chicken Shop - best chicken in town

El Che Bar - good Argentinean food

El Ideas - crazy food and chefs but really good; foie gras in white chocolate and blueberry compote really blew my mind (and yes even though it sounds like a trip to the loo it was delicious); they are BYOB

Elizabeth - likely my favorite tasting menu in Chicago; new American foraging

Elske - Scandinavian influenced food

Entente - new American food with Asian influences

Girl and the Goat - if you can score reservation the food is fantastic and reasonably priced

Mogadishu - home style Somali food; really tasty and cheap

North Pond - new American food with reasonably priced brunches on Sunday

Spacca Napoli - probably best pizza in Chicago

Cracow

Alchemia - blend in with locals and get apple pie (the drink not the cake)

Ed Red - my place for meat in Cracow; get veal offal 5 ways and herring as appetizers

Hawaii

Aloha Shrimp (Oahu) - no web page, cash only, food truck with the best shrimp on the island (53-534 Kamehameha Highway)

Ahi Assassins (Honolulu) - best poke on Oahu; no tables and you need a car to get there

Da Fish House (Hawaii) - one of two awesome poke stores on Big Island

Da Poke Shack (Hawaii) - the other awesome poke store on Big Island

Kona Coffee Purveyors (Honolulu) - local store where you can get the best coffee from sister island; morning stroll distance from Waikiki

Marukame Udon (Honolulu) - main street; line up; food much cheaper and actually way better than in any of the other surrounding restaurants

Shirokiya Japan Village (Honolulu) - think hawker center with good Japanese food and obscenely cheap beer

Sushi II (Honolulu) - in the middle of a small shopping center but what an amazing sushi spot; try their tuna salad

Hong Kong

Haku - creative cuisine; Argentinean chef heavily influenced by Japanese training; think surf & turf 2.0

Kam's Goose - just get half goose takeout, grab a beer from a nearby store, and be happy

Tim Ho Wan - char siu bao

Yan Toh Heen - probably the best Cantonese food I have ever eaten; there is a tea menu, and at the end they give you a small baggie with high quality tea

New York City

Cafe China - my favorite Chinese place in NYC; last time I went waiter did not know how to open a wine bottle but the string beans were as good as aways!

Eileen's Special Cheesecake - I generally do not eat sweets but this place is exceptional

Joe's Pizza - it's cheap, it's good and it's close to Washington Square Park where you can enjoy it (also available in other locations)

La Vara - my favorite Spanish restaurant in NYC; brunch is particularly good deal

Los Tacos No.1 - best tacos in NYC; I usually go to the Chelsea market location

Tabare - fantastic Uruguayan restaurant; try their churrasco

Paris

CopperBay - great bar with creative cocktails; insanely packed in the evenings

Honor - best coffee in Paris

Kei - amazing mix of Japanese perfectionism with French cuisine

La Cafeotheque - good coffee and convenient location

La Derniere Goutte - very good wine store that stocks Domaine Ostertag wines (6 Rue de Bourbon le Chateau)

Seattle

Anchorhead Coffee - best coffee in Seattle

Chan - Korean gastropub; get their wings and house infused soju flight

Maneki - traditional Japanese restaurant established pre-WWI; home style cooking with reasonable prices

Oriental Mart - tucked away opposite to where they throw salmon for tourists; home style Filipino food; great adobo and sausages

Paseo Caribbean Food - really good sandwiches in Fremont

Sake Nomi - bar and shop importing sake directly from small breweries in Japan; just tell the owner what you like and he'll prepare flight for you

Suika - izakaya style restaurant with generous happy hour; get unagi bibimbap

Tacos Chukis - no-frills delicious tacos; Dexter location is short walk from Amazon campus

TeKu Tavern - pub and beer store; largest selection of beers and ciders I have ever seen including some small batch stuff

Shanghai

Lei Garden - cheap compared to other goods you can buy at IFC; very nice Cantonese style duckling

Yi Long Court - best dim sum I have ever had

Tokyo

Afuri - good ramen shop in Harajuku

カフェ・ド・ランブル - high-end coffee shop in Ginza (last time I was there smoking was allowed inside)

饗 くろ喜 - best ramen I had; they have specials every day; you'll most likely need to queue for some time

うどん 慎 - very good udon

Warsaw

Bez Gwiazdek - my favorite restaurant in Warsaw; fantastic local wine pairings

Kromki - best bistro in Warsaw

Kufle i kapsle - my go to place for beer in Warsaw

Woda ognista - good bar and tapas