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1. 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

2. Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop

174 5th Ave (btwn 22nd & 23rd St), New York, NY
Sandwich Spot · Flatiron District · 284 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Lime Rickey: Considering the alarming color, a truly delicious thing. - Anthony Bourdain, host of No Reservations

3. 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

4. Tortilleria Mexicana Los Hermanos

8.7
271 Starr St (btwn Wyckoff & St Nicholas Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Taco Restaurant · Bushwick · 206 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: No cubed chicken or orange cheese here... just shockingly simple, unpretentious and delicious street style Mexican food. - Anthony Bourdain, host of No Reservations

5. Sam's Italian Cuisine

7.7
238 Court St (Baltic St), Brooklyn, NY
Pizzeria · Cobble Hill · 39 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Really, really, really good...falling off the bone. - Anthony Bourdain, host of No Reservations

6. Marlow & Sons

8.8
81 Broadway (btwn Berry & Wythe St), Brooklyn, NY
American Restaurant · Williamsburg · 254 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The bone marrow solves all... a gateway protein kinda like bacon. So great the whole world stands on its head. - Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations

7. 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

8. Sik Gaek

16129 Crocheron Ave., Flushing, NY
Korean Restaurant · 34 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Recommended Dish: Sannakji Do Pan. A steaming Everest of sea creatures. Nothing like watching your meal expire slowly while you eat. It’s the death throes that make it good. - Anthony Bourdain

9. New Asha

7.9
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

10. Burt's Place

7.7
8541 Ferris Ave (btw Lincoln Ave & Capulina Ave), Morton Grove, IL
Pizzeria · 40 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: I don’t know that I’d call it ”pizza.” Whatever Burt’s selling is something special. Some kind of crusty, tomatoey, cheesy casserole something with delightfully fresh toppings. – Anthony Bourdain Read more.

11. Fat Johnnies

7.8
7242 S Western Ave (btwn W 72nd & W 73rd), Chicago, IL
American Restaurant · Marquette Park · 19 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Only Chicago could convince me that the New York hot dog was not, in fact, anywhere near the apex of the hot dog arts. (The Chicago Red Hot deserves that honor). – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. Birrieria Chalio

11300 Washington Blvd, Whittier, CA
Mexican Restaurant · 9 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: If you grew up in Mexico, an authentically prepared meal can take you right back. The specialty is roasted goat done old-style. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.

15. Philippe The Original

9.0
1001 N Alameda St (at Ord St), Los Angeles, CA
Sandwich Spot · Chinatown · 413 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: There’s nothing like roasted lamb on soft bread drenched in gravy. Yeah, this is good! – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.

16. 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.

17. Chadwicks

3205 K St NW (at Wisconsin Ave NW), Washington, D.C.
American Restaurant · Georgetown · 46 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: It serves a solid cheeseburger and cold beer. It's special for not being all that special, which is why the Commies used it to meet the most destructive double agent in history. – Anthony Bourdain Read more.

18. Maine Avenue Fish Market

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

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Heaps of Chesapeake Bay crabs, fresh caught, tossed with seasoning, steamed and served right there out of brown paper bags. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations

19. Mutiny Radio

6.6
2781 22nd St. (at Florida St.), San Francisco, CA
Radio Station · Mission District · 17 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Try the Maple Bacon Latte. The coffee component gets you all jacked up and energetic, and the meat part gets you all aggressive. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations

20. R&G Lounge

8.6
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

21. Tadich Grill

8.5
240 California St (btwn Battery & Front St), San Francisco, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Financial District · 164 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The Hangtown Fry, an olden-day dish – oysters and eggs and bacon, too. I think if God has taught us anything, it's that he wants us to eat oysters and bacon together. – Anthony Bourdain Read more.

22. Tamales Mi Lupita

7.7
3340 Foothill Blvd, Oakland, CA
Food Truck · Fruitvale · 6 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The food is really good. It’s really incredible. It’s as good as anything that I’ve ever had in Mexico. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations

23. 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

24. 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

25. Incanto

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

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Chef Chris Cosentino is a high priest of guts. Once a year he sets aside two nights to do a special 5-course, all-gut menu. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations

26. Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop

174 5th Ave (btwn 22nd & 23rd St), New York, NY
Sandwich Spot · Flatiron District · 284 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: It still serves the working person’s lunch and classic New York City non-alcoholic beverages in like, 2 minutes flat. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.

27. 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.

28. Eden Center

8.4
6751 Wilson Blvd (at Seven Corners), Falls Church, VA
Shopping Mall · 29 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Steaming bowls of pho, a hint of airborne fish sauce, the smell of burning joss … it's Falls Church, Virginia? – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations

29. Keens Steakhouse

9.1
72 W 36th St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Steakhouse · Koreatown · 484 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: If you want the real New York-style steakhouse, it helps to actually do it in New York. You really can’t do any better or more authentic than Keens. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.

30. Hot Doug's

3324 N California Ave (at Roscoe St), Chicago, IL
Hot Dog Joint · Northwest Side · 236 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The Happiest Words Ever Written: fries cooked in duck fat at Hot Doug's. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations Read more.

31. Wynn Las Vegas

9.3
3131 Las Vegas Blvd S (at Sands Ave), Las Vegas, NV
Resort · 651 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The buffet at the Wynn Hotel is excellent. When approaching a buffet, never go in the first wave. Be the first on line when they replenish the buffet. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations

32. 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.

33. Katz's Delicatessen

9.0
205 E Houston St (at Ludlow St), New York, NY
Sandwich Spot · Lower East Side · 1451 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Pastrami On Rye With Brown Mustard: A thing of unparalleled beauty. Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations

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34. 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.

35. Woody's Wood-Fire Pizza

7.9
1831 W 7th St, Joplin, MO
Pizzeria · 9 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: After the arm-wrestling competition, Tony Bourdain walked next door for some wood-fire pizza and orders the special, the 'Mutha.' Read more.

36. Antoine's Restaurant

8.0
713 Saint Louis St (at Royal St), New Orleans, LA
Cajun and Creole Restaurant · French Quarter · 121 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Tony Bourdain sampled the Oysters Rockefeller, a dish invented at Antoine's, which is the oldest operating restaurant in the United States. Read more.