(Thrillist list, Anthony Bourdain Parts unknown) The focus here is deep-fried pig parts, aka cuchifritos... paying particular attention to the chicharrones and morcilla (that’s blood sausage, FYI).
(Thrillist list, Anthony Bourdain Parts unknown) specialty: ultra-strong Wray & Nephew white rum, typically mixed w/ cranberry juice, milk, or water. + Hearty-looking bowl of pigtail stew
(Thrillist list, Anthony Bourdain Parts unknown) come here for curried goat and stewed oxtail, served in an overflowing to-go container with rice, collard greens, and a heaping scoop of mac & cheese.
(Thrillist list, Anthony Bourdain Parts unknown) menu features a variety of seafood...but Bourdain’s here for the steamers, snow crab, and boiled striped bass.
(Thrillist list, Anthony Bourdain Parts unknown) Bourdain heads to the Bronx’s claim to fame, Liebman’s, which has been serving matzoh ball soup, chopped liver, and pastrami since the early 1950s.
(Thrillist list, Anthony Bourdain Parts unknown) spicy beef & tripe, pork meatballs w/ ginger and soy...but main event is the xiao long bao, soup dumplings filled with ground pork and piping hot broth
(Thrillist list, Anthony Bourdain Parts unknown) pork neck bone soup-marinated short ribs, or as Bourdain calls them, “meat candy.”
(Thrillist list, Anthony Bourdain Parts unknown) Founded in 1829, 1 of the oldest bars in NYC & was backdrop for a scene in Goodfellas (according to Bourdain is the “greatest American film ever made")
(Thrillist list, Anthony Bourdain Parts unknown) The thing to order here is momo, Tibetan steamed dumplings filled with beef.
(Thrillist list, Anthony Bourdain Parts unknown) The display cases here are stacked with empanadas, mashed plantains, and beef, oxtail, and pork stews, plus the avocado looks pretty darn fresh.
(Thrillist list, Anthony Bourdain Parts unknown) The soul food menu features spicy, homestyle plates like egusi soup, pounded yam, and goat stew.
