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Everything You Need To Know About Anthony Bourdain's Visit To Houston

Filming for Parts Unknown, Bourdain took a closer look at our fair city

Bourdain & Slim Thugga talk barbecue and black suede paint jobs
Bourdain & Slim Thugga talk barbecue and black suede paint jobs
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Amy McCarthy is a staff writer at Eater.com, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends.

Last week, Anthony Bourdain was everywhere in Houston. In town to film the long-awaited episode of Parts Unknown that the city so deserves, Bourdain made stops at some of the city's most interesting eateries in his week(ish) long visit to H-Town.

If you missed the Bourdain madness, here's everything we know about his visit to Houston. We'll probably have to wait months for Houston's time in the Bourdain-narrated spotlight, but in the meantime we can relive these delicious memories.

– On his first night in Houston, Bourdain visited Plant It Forward, a Montrose farm that employs Congolese refugees. With the cameras present, Bourdain enjoyed a meal of hyper-local produce and 44 Farms beef.

– He met with Udipi Cafe owner Sathish Rao, whom he'd worked with in New York in the 1980s. "He remembered me! He's so down to earth," said Rao, who worked at a Korean grocery store next to the French restaurant where Bourdain worked. "I’ve known him for a long time but I didn’t know how down to earth he would be now that he’s so famous."

– Craving meat, Bourdain headed to Himalaya to film scenes for Parts Unknown. While dining, he chatted up Sugar Land native Sunil Thakkar on as-yet-undisclosed topics.

– He took in a choreographed dance at Keemat Grocers.

Lost In the Supermarket #Houston

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– Later, Bourdain went to La Grange, where the bar says he sipped Ginger Lemon Radlers from Boulevard Brewing on its expansive patio.

– Over the weekend, Bourdain scoped out Burns Original BBQonly to meet up with Houston's own Slim Thug.

With @hogglife101 @bonefromda44 and @davidstunts And yes, that's black SUEDE finish #HOUSTON

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– He posted a pointed middle finger at Donald Trump as he drank tequila and mingled with guests at Evelyn Arana's quinceañera.


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