For 2026, there were more than 15,000 coffee shops nominated from around the globe, but Onyx Coffee Lab, a specialty coffee roastery with eight locations in the state of Arkansas, has officially been dubbed the best coffee shop in the world.
The smaller, working-class towns that dot the southeast part of the county are filled with the types of pubs and taverns that give a place character.
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Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
6 July 2026
Widely regarded as the country's culinary capital—a remarkable distinction in a nation renowned for its gastronomy—the city has earned a reputation for its traditional bouchons (taverns), bustling food halls, and world-class restaurants.
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Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
4 July 2026
It will be argued endlessly in barrooms in Pittsburgh.
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Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
By the early 1930s, widespread crime, tainted liquor and the need for tax revenue fueled public dissatisfaction, ultimately leading to Prohibition’s repeal in 1933 and the return of regulated barrooms.
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