There's also a specialty dog selection, like the Momofuku dog and the Wiley dog, named after WD50's Wylie Dufrense. There's a "no standing" policy so if there's no seat there's no way of getting a drink. They go to Crif Dogs, where Tony eats tots with cheese whiz and says "it's only out of deference to you that I'm not thrusting my penis" into the molten cheese.ĭavid and Tony go to PDT, a speakeasy (secret word? swordfish). But what are you going to do? Reminisce about junkies?" Tony notes the neighborhood was, "Like Mad Max. Usually next to the Off Track Betting parlors). (In fact, there's an un-ironic dive bar on almost every block in Manhattan. Tony notes that it's one of the few dive bars that's not being ironic. In the dive bar/hipster segment, Tony meets Momofuku's chef/owner David Chang for a drink at Subway Inn across from Bloomingdale's. Two guys in suits: "The subway is the only way to get around New York because you can get killed by a cab.Īnthony Bourdain: "The best you can say about the NY subway system is that it works and it's cheap. Mark's Books, and the Restaurant Supply stores on the Bowery. In the New York shopping segment, Bourdain peruses rare books at Kitchen Arts and Letters, a store devoted to collectibles, then heads to Strand Bookstore, St. Granted, there are a lot of places to pack in to a 24 hour layover in New York, but the pace is insane and doesn't allow us to really enjoy any of them: The Burger Joint at Le Parker Meridian Hotel (cheeseburger and a beer $13.50 - cash only), Shake Shack (double burger and a shake), Minetta Tavern ($26 black label burger), Eataly (beers on the rooftop).
It's not a safety matter anymore, it's just polite.
Anthony bourdain: the layover series#
Looking up." This is the first in a series of shots of native New Yorkers saying horrible things about tourists and just making themselves look like snotty dickweeds.Īnthony Bourdain: "This ain't no layover for me, butĬonsidering how much I travel maybe it kind of is. Tattoo artist: "You can always spot a tourist because they're I got what I wanted.maybe a little too much. I wanted to see a mix of places I've never been to, along with classic New York spots that only insiders know about. What did I want to see from this episode of The Layover, set in New York? I wanted to be wowed! I'm a native New Yorker. I disliked the clock counting down the hours until the cab ride back to the airport and the vignettes of locals giving tips to tourists. Anthony Bourdain's new travel show had an interesting premise - what would Tony do if stuck in a city for 24 hours? Unfortunately, the show had a frenetic overly produced feel about it. You know what’s great about New York? The threshold for citizenship as a New Yorker is actually pretty short.Last week, The Layover premiered to audible groans of me. There are plenty of visual shout-outs to the Lower East Side, so check out the reruns. From there the duo head westward to Tammany Hall for some brew a “disturbance” with the fuzz ended that adventure, and continued with NY Noodletown at 28 Bowery. Huang waxes poetic about gentrification and about how once you have “cupcakes and trendy Asian sandwiches,” an area is considered fully gentrified.
Toward the end of last night’s show, which was obviously filmed over the summer, Bourdain grabs some kitchen necessities at Chef Restaurant Supply on the Bowery before meeting up with notorious restaurateur Eddie Huang at his now-defunct BaoHaus on Rivington Street. Bourdain spends a chunk of time on our home turf in the Lower East Side, even though he admittedly never comes down here. More specifically, what to do if stranded here en route for 24 hours. Chef-host Anthony Bourdain’s newest show on the Travel Channel, The Layover, spent its second episode exploring New York City.