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1. Center for the Arts

8.1
2225 Colorado Blvd (btwn Rockland & Eagle Rock), Los Angeles, CA
Music Venue · Eagle Rock · 5 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Stop by this cool art center to check out music events, unconventional art exhibits, invigorating exercise and art classes. You’re sure to have an enlightening experience.

2. Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles

8.8
1514 N Gower St (at Sunset Blvd), Los Angeles, CA
Southern Food Restaurant · 236 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Chicken and waffles, an unlikely sounding combination, but apparently they’ve been serving up this Southern curiosity since 1975. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.

3. Sapp Coffee Shop

8.3
5183 Hollywood Blvd (at North Kingsley Dr), Los Angeles, CA
Thai Restaurant · Los Feliz · 81 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: One of the things I like about Thai food is it’s a lot of different textures, colors, sweet and sour, pleasure and pain. I feel like I’ve been to Thailand and back. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.

4. Hollywood Forever Cemetery

8.7
6000 Santa Monica Boulevard, California
Cemetery · 80 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: It’s a cemetery and final resting place for some of LA’s most famous residents. Spend your Saturday evening watching a movie under the stars surrounded by the stars. – Samantha Brown Read more.

5. Zankou Chicken

8.7
1716 S Sepulveda Blvd (at Santa Monica Blvd), Los Angeles, CA
Middle Eastern Restaurant · Westside · 103 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: So Amazing. Middle Eastern fare: the chicken shawarma platter is just perfect. Get extra garlic sauce and extra meat. Flavorful, moist roasted chicken straight from the rotisserie. – Adam Richman Read more.

6. Scoops

712 N Heliotrope Dr (at Melrose Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Ice Cream Parlor · East Hollywood · 115 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Scoops may look like a typical ice cream shop, but some of its flavors are pretty off the wall. Try the banana-peanut-butter-bacon ice cream. – Andrew Zimmern, Bizarre Foods Read more.

7. Los Angeles Police Historical Society

6.8
6045 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
History Museum · Highland Park · 2 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The Los Angeles Police Museum is home to a collection that chronicles the city’s infamous criminal cases, including the Manson family murders and the Hillside strangler.

8. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits

7.6
5801 Wilshire Blvd (at Curson Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Museum · Mid-City West · 75 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Head to the George C. Page Museum to check out numerous prehistoric animals found in the Le Brea Tar Pits, an ancient graveyard.

9. Western Soon Dae

928 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Korean Restaurant · Wilshire Center - Koreatown · 3 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: This Korean restaurant specializes in soondae, a blood sausage. I recommend you try the pork liver, tongue, lung, trotter and soondae with rice. – Andrew Zimmern, Bizarre Foods Read more.

10. Orochon Ramen

7.2
123 Astronaut E S Onizuka St #303 (at San Pedro St), Los Angeles, CA
Noodle Restaurant · Little Tokyo · 110 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Get things heated up and try the Spicy Ramen. Orochon Ramen has the most authentic Japanese fare in LA. Read more.

11. Mercedes Bar & Grill

7.8
14 Washington Blvd (at Speedway), Marina del Rey, CA
Cuban Restaurant · 51 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Try the spicy jerk chicken and mango chutney enchiladas, crab and artichoke enchiladas, and the stuffed cornmeal raisin chicken topped with jerk plum sauce.

Manuel's Original El Tepeyac Cafe is one of Travel Channel.

12. Manuel's Original El Tepeyac Cafe

8.3
812 N Evergreen Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Restaurant · Boyle Heights · 97 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: You’ve got to sample some of the best Mexican food in the country, including the guacamole and burritos. – Adam Richman, Man v. Food Read more.

13. supperclub san francisco

430 Mason St (btw Geary and Post), San Francisco, CA
New American Restaurant · Downtown San Francisco-Union Square · 36 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: If you want a predictable dining experience, you’ve come to the wrong place. Everything from the décor to the entertainment, and of course the food, is at the owners' discretion. – Samantha Brown

14. That's It Market

6.9
2699 Mission St (at 23rd St), San Francisco, CA
Deli · Mission District · 28 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: That’s It Market liquor store has a torta stand that serves up massive sandwiches to locals. It’s really the hot dogs on the sandwich that add insult to injury. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations

15. Red Blossom Tea Company

8.7
831 Grant Ave (btw Clay & Washington), San Francisco, CA
Tea Room · Chinatown · 18 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Just the simple act of preparing the tea makes me feel calm. The proprietress, Alice, makes me a cup of tea, and in a short time, I feel soothed. – Samantha Brown

16. North Beach, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA
Other Great Outdoors · North Beach · 4 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Originally settled by Italians, North Beach became a magnet for Beat Generation writers and poets in the 1950s. The cafés and shops on upper Grant Avenue still exude Beatnik funk.

17. Pier 39

2 Beach St (at The Embarcadero), San Francisco, CA
Pier · Fishermans Wharf · 388 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: One of San Francisco's most popular tourist destinations, the Wharf consists of a long, coast-side row of restaurants, street vendors, souvenir stores and beautiful ocean scenery.

18. House of Prime Rib

9.0
1906 Van Ness Ave (btw Jackson & Washington), San Francisco, CA
Steakhouse · Polk Gulch · 315 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Is this the greatest place in the universe? Nobody’s mother made roast beef like this. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations

19. Haight-Ashbury

San Francisco, CA
Neighborhood · 78 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Haight Ashbury is the birthplace of the hippie movement, and it's continued to be a hipster's haunt for decades since. – Adam Richman, Man v. Food Read more.

Hash House A Go Go is one of Travel Channel.

20. Hash House A Go Go

8.7
6800 W Sahara Ave (at S Rainbow Blvd), Las Vegas, NV
Breakfast Spot · 191 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The Fried Chicken Benedict and stuffed egg burger are not to be missed at Hash House A Go Go. Read more.

Hot N Juicy Crawfish is one of Travel Channel.

21. Hot N Juicy Crawfish

8.2
4810 Spring Mountain Rd (at Frontier St), Las Vegas, NV
Cajun and Creole Restaurant · 69 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: If you’re into spicy seafood then Hot N Juicy Crawfish is the ticket. Read more.

22. Mesa Grill

3570 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV
Mexican Restaurant · 165 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: I’ve had a lot of authentic tamales. If I had this in Mexico on the street, I’d say, “Wow. That’s one hell of a tamale.” – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.

23. Minus5° Ice Lounge

6.2
3930 Las Vegas Blvd South, The Shoppes at Mandalay Place STE 101 (at Mandalay Bay), Las Vegas, NV
Lounge · 88 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The city’s coolest bar -- literally. Wear gloves to sip cocktails in glasses made entirely of ice. After 30 minutes in frigid temps, step back out into the desert heat to warm up. Read more.

24. Rick Moonen RM Seafood

3930 Las Vegas Blvd S (at Mandalay Bay), Las Vegas, NV
Seafood Restaurant · 95 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The most sinful dessert is called Four by Four by Two. The dish is 4 rows by 4 rows of seriously surprising ice cream like foie gras, rum and coke, and celery lime just to name a few. Read more.

Nascar Cafe is one of Travel Channel.

25. Nascar Cafe

5.0
2535 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV
American Restaurant · 14 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Get the 6 lb Big Badass Burrito! --Adam Richman, Man v Food.

26. The STRAT Hotel, Casino and Skypod

7.7
2000 Las Vegas Blvd S (at E Sahara Ave), Las Vegas, NV
Casino · Gateway District · 426 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: If you are running low on cash and you want to leave Vegas a winner, do the Sky Jump. Ask for the “Bert Special” (it’s a Sky Jump with a hug up top and a shot at the bottom). – Bert the Conqueror Read more.

27. Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino

7.8
129 Fremont St (at S Casino Center Blvd), Las Vegas, NV
Hotel · Downtown Las Vegas · 288 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The Golden Nugget Casino opened in 1946 and is known for having over 1,900 deluxe rooms. – Adam Richman, Man v. Food

28. Double Down Saloon

7.8
4640 Paradise Rd (at E Naples Dr), Las Vegas, NV
Dive Bar · 87 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: This is the antithesis of the Strip experience, it's a true local's hangout. Come here for the cheap drinks, loud music and their infamous bacon martini. – Samantha Brown Read more.

29. Las Vegas Motor Speedway

9.1
7000 Las Vegas Blvd N (btwn Hollywood Blvd & Great Basin Hwy), Las Vegas, NV
Race Track · 95 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Few people know that I love speed and I love thrills. At the Richard Petty's Driving Experience riding shotgun in a car that’s going 160 miles per hour fits that bill. – Samantha Brown Read more.

30. Broken Yolk Cafe

6.7
101 South Las Posas Road (btwn Grand Ave. & Linda Vista Dr.), San Marcos, CA
Breakfast Spot · 48 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: On Man v Food, Adam Richman takes on the Broken Yolk Special, a 6-lb. breakfast served on a 15-inch pizza pan - a 12-egg omelet with chili plus a mountain of home fries and 2 biscuits.

31. Phil's BBQ

579 Grand Ave (at W San Marcos Blvd), San Marcos, CA
BBQ Joint · 100 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Get the Dinosaur Sized Ribs -- mesquite-grilled to a smoky perfection and slathered in their secret BBQ sauce. -Adam Richman, Man v Food Nation.

32. Broken Yolk Cafe

6.2
7670 El Camino Real (at County Highway S11), Carlsbad, CA
Breakfast Spot · 45 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: On Man v Food, Adam Richman takes on the Broken Yolk Special, a 6-lb. breakfast served on a 15-inch pizza pan - a 12-egg omelet with chili plus a mountain of home fries and 2 biscuits.

33. Broken Yolk Cafe

7.9
1851 Garnet Ave (at Lamont St), San Diego, CA
Breakfast Spot · Pacific Beach · 77 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: On Man v Food, Adam Richman takes on the Broken Yolk Special, a 6-lb. breakfast served on a 15-inch pizza pan - a 12-egg omelet with chili plus a mountain of home fries and 2 biscuits.

34. Lucha Libre Taco Shop

8.6
1810 W Washington St (at India St), San Diego, CA
Taco Restaurant · Midtown · 257 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Try the Surfin' California Burrito -- a steak, shrimp and french-fry-filled concoction that puts the smackdown on standard taqueria fare. As seen on Man v Food.

35. Broken Yolk Cafe

7.2
884 Eastlake Parkway (in Village Walk Eastlake), Chula Vista, CA
Breakfast Spot · Village Center · 38 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: On Man v Food, Adam Richman takes on the Broken Yolk Special, a 6-lb. breakfast served on a 15-inch pizza pan - a 12-egg omelet with chili plus a mountain of home fries and 2 biscuits.

36. New Asha

8.0
322 Victory Blvd (at Cebra Ave), Staten Island, NY
Sri Lankan Restaurant · Tompkinsville · 14 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Black Curry Goat: Similar to Indian curry but made spicier and richer by pan roasting the spices. Better than a lot of the food I had in Sri Lanka. - Anthony Bourdain, Host of No Reservations

37. Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

9.1
Pier 86 (at W 46th St & 12th Ave), New York, NY
History Museum · Hell's Kitchen · 348 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: With so much to see, it's easy to forget that this massive museum was once a fully functioning aircraft carrier. Read more.

38. Gray's Papaya

402 Avenue of the Americas (at W 8th St), New York, NY
Hot Dog Joint · Greenwich Village · 82 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Recommended meal: hot dog. The classic New Yorker's poor man's meal. Meat, starch and veg--all in a few mouthfuls. - Anthony Bourdain, host of No Reservations

39. Manganaro's Hero Boy

494 9th Ave (btwn 38th & 37th), New York, NY
Sandwich Spot · Hell's Kitchen · 39 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The ambience? You couldn’t buy this for a million dollars or 10 million dollars. Delicious. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.

40. Hop Kee

7.6
21 Mott St (at Mosco St), New York, NY
Chinese Restaurant · Chinatown · 136 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The urban legend of the phantom menu turns out to be true. - Anthony Bourdain, host of No Reservations

41. Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

7.6
28 E 20th St, New York, NY
Historic and Protected Site · Flatiron District · 32 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The elegant neighborhood of Gramercy Park is home to a historic residence, the birthplace of one of America's most colorful presidents, Theodore Roosevelt. Read more.

42. Russ & Daughters

9.3
179 E Houston St (btwn Allen & Orchard St), New York, NY
Gourmet Store · Lower East Side · 422 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Bagel with Lox and Cream Cheese: Doesn’t get more New York than this. Unreproducible. - Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations

43. Taqueria La Cumbre

7.4
515 Valencia St (at 16th St), San Francisco, CA
Taco Restaurant · Mission District · 60 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Legend says La Cumbre invented the mission-style burrito – the 2-pound, fully customizable chow-down staple copied in restaurants and fast-food joints around the world. – Adam Richman, Man v. Food

44. Sylvia's Restaurant

7.8
328 Malcolm X Blvd (btwn W 126th & W 127th St), New York, NY
Southern Food Restaurant · Central Harlem · 248 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: If you need a little comfort food, head over to Sylvia's for some authentic, lip-smacking Southern soul food.

45. El Tonayense Taco Truck

8.2
San Francisco, CA
Food Truck · Mission District · 69 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Yes, it’s on 4 wheels, and the dining room is nonexistent. But El Tonayense happens to be one of this city’s most revered Mexican food fixtures. – Samantha Brown

46. R&G Lounge

8.4
631 Kearny St (at Clay St), San Francisco, CA
Cantonese Restaurant · Chinatown · 274 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: What a whirlwind of crushed claws, flying crab shells, a spray of rich, moist and oh-so-tasty crab meat. This is a sign of a good restaurant. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations

47. Baby's Badass Burgers

7.6
(Greater LA Metro Area), Los Angeles, CA
Food Truck · West Los Angeles · 24 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: These femme fatales aren’t just eye candy, they’re filling stomachs with some of the best burgers. Don't miss their signature burger the All American Girl – Camille Ford, Food Wars Read more.

48. Pussycat Dolls Lounge @ Caesars Palace

3570 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV
Night Club · 7 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The Pussy Cat Dolls club is the perfect place to lose all your inhibitions. Read more.

49. Playboy Club

4321 W Flamingo Rd (at Wynn Rd), Las Vegas, NV
Night Club · 32 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The most sinful hot spot in Las Vegas is the Playboy Club. Play a few hands of black jack dealt by a Playboy bunny. Read more.

50. The Neon Museum

8.8
770 Las Vegas Blvd N (at E McWilliams Ave), Las Vegas, NV
History Museum · Downtown Las Vegas · 136 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: This is the place to see Vegas’ past. This 3-acre light-filled graveyard shows over 160 years of vintage signs. Don’t miss the Silver Slipper and the Stardust Casino sign. Read more.

51. Bouchon Bistro

8.7
3355 Las Vegas Blvd S (The Venetian), Las Vegas, NV
French Restaurant · 258 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: French fries may not be a big deal to you, but they are a very big deal to me. I’m so unhappy about these fries that I like them. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.

52. Museum of the City of New York

8.9
1220 5th Ave (at E 103rd St), New York, NY
History Museum · East Harlem · 148 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: September 11, 2001, wasn't the first time an airplane flew into a New York city skyscraper. This museum is home to an artifact that tells of a largely forgotten incident. Read more.

53. Broken Yolk Cafe

7.7
355 Sixth Avenue (btwn J & K St), San Diego, CA
Breakfast Spot · East Village · 124 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: On Man v Food, Adam Richman takes on the Broken Yolk Special, a 6-lb. breakfast served on a 15-inch pizza pan - a 12-egg omelet with chili plus a mountain of home fries and 2 biscuits.

54. Phil's BBQ

9.1
3740 Sports Arena Blvd (at Hancock St.), San Diego, CA
BBQ Joint · Midway District · 510 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Get the Dinosaur Sized Ribs -- mesquite-grilled to a smoky perfection and slathered in their secret BBQ sauce. - Adam Richman, Man v Food Nation

55. Ike’s Place

3489 16th St (at Sanchez St), San Francisco, CA
Sandwich Spot · Mission Dolores · 251 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Home of some of the biggest sandwiches in San Francisco. As seen on Man v Food.

Maruca's Tomato Pies is one of Travel Channel.

56. Maruca's Tomato Pies

21 Boardwalk, Seaside Heights, NJ
Pizzeria · 22 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: On Man v Food, Adam Richman heads to Maruca’s, a 60-year-old New Jersey institution, for their original take on pizza – a thin-crust pie that stands out with its delicious swirls of tomato sauce.

57. Ciao Baby

5074 Sunrise Hwy (at Block Blvd), Massapequa Park, NY
Italian Restaurant · 32 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: There is a depth of flavor to these meatballs, really smooth, really even texture and flavor. It’s awesome. Really terrific. – Adam Richman, Man v. Food Read more.

Maine Avenue Fish Market is one of Travel Channel.

58. Maine Avenue Fish Market

8.5
1100 Maine Ave SW, Washington, D.C.
Fish Market · Southwest Washington · 33 tips and reviews

59. International Spy Museum

800 F St NW (9th St NW), Washington, D.C.
Museum · Penn Quarter · 207 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: What could a black umbrella have to do with the 1978 death of a journalist? Discover the sinister reality at this museum in the nation’s capital. As seen on Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum.

60. Blue Bottle Coffee

66 Mint Plaza (at Jessie St), San Francisco, CA
Coffee Shop · SoMa · 736 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: A great stop for hand-crafted artisanal coffee and small breakfast options. As recommended by Travel Channel host, Anthony Bourdain.

Incanto is one of Travel Channel.

61. Incanto

1550 Church St (at Duncan St), San Francisco, CA
New American Restaurant · Noe Valley · 63 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: One of Incanto's more popular dishes is the bone marrow and beef tongue plate. You will not be disappointed with this order! As seen on Travel Channel’s Food Paradise: Manliest Restaurants 2.

62. Animal

435 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA
New American Restaurant · Mid-City West · 233 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Animal is a carnivore-centric restaurant specializing in all those good bits. Tony Bourdain tried marrow bone, chicken hearts, hamachi tostada, coconut sweetbreads, pig tails and crispy rabbit legs.

Marea is one of Travel Channel.

63. Marea

9.3
240 Central Park S (at 59th St & Broadway), New York, NY
Seafood Restaurant · Theater District · 356 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Get the awesome, over-the-top "fusilli with octopus and bone marrow" at Marea. As seen on Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations - Food Porn 2.

64. Burger Joint

8.5
119 W 56th St (btwn 6th & 7th Ave), New York, NY
Burger Joint · Theater District · 783 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Tony claims it is your patriotic duty to order a burger medium rare. As seen on Travel Channel’s The Layover with Anthony Bourdain.