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West Texas

West Texas

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 on 2022.01.20
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In West Texas Bourdain spends time with people whose way of life is threatened by the possibility of a border wall going up between the United States and Mexico. He dines with a ranching family in the isolated town of Valentine and visits Marfa to learn how the artist Donald Judd transformed it. In the twin cities of Presidio, Texas, and Ojinaga, Mexico, Bourdain witnesses firsthand how a border wall could divide friends and family. He also speaks to individuals who are working to demystify the border for Americans who may fear it.
explorepartsunknown.com/west-texas/eat-like-bourdain-west-texas/

Valentine

Valentine

The Means family ranch Bourdain ate: beef, fried chiles, and biscuits Lunch dates: The Means family and friends

Lost Horse Saloon

Permanently Closed

Bourdain had: drinks Lunch date: Ty Mitchell, owner of Lost Horse Saloon

PARTS UNKNOWN

Big Bend National Park

National park · Brewster County

Bourdain ate: steak with green onion, grilled corn, tortillas, beans Lunch dates: tour leaders

PARTS UNKNOWN

12 Gage Restaurant

American restaurant · Marathon

Bourdain had: a rib-eye steak and a margarita Lunch date: Roger D. Hodge, deputy editor at The Intercept and author of Texas Blood

Marfa

Marfa

Rainer Judd’s Home, Marfa Bourdain ate: blue corn tortillas; menudo (tripe soup); sopapillas (fried pastries); queso fresco (cheese) with chiles; tamales Lunch date: Rainer Judd, President of the Judd Foundation

Laredo Taco Company

Restaurant · Laredo

Bourdain ate: barbacoa taco Lunch dates: David Beebe, Presidio County Justice of the Peace and Marfa Public Radio DJ and Primo Carrasco, Marfa Public Radio DJ.

Marfa Burrito

Mexican restaurant · Marfa

Bourdain ate: carne asada burrito Lunch date: Sandro Canovas (activist with The Adobe Alliance)

El Mexico de Ayer

Restaurant · Ojinaga

Bourdain ate: family-style meat plate Lunch dates: Presidio Mayor John Ferguson, his daughter Molly, her boyfriend, and the former mayor of Ojinaga

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West Texas

8 Places
In West Texas Bourdain spends time with people whose way of life is threatened by the possibility of a border wall going up between the United States and Mexico. He dines with a ranching family in the isolated town of Valentine and visits Marfa to learn how the artist Donald Judd transformed it. In the twin cities of Presidio, Texas, and Ojinaga, Mexico, Bourdain witnesses firsthand how a border wall could divide friends and family. He also speaks to individuals who are working to demystify the border for Americans who may fear it.
explorepartsunknown.com/west-texas/eat-like-bourdain-west-texas/
Valentine

The Means family ranch Bourdain ate: beef, fried chiles, and biscuits Lunch dates: The Means family and friends

Lost Horse Saloon
Permanently closed

Bourdain had: drinks Lunch date: Ty Mitchell, owner of Lost Horse Saloon

Big Bend National Park
National park

Bourdain ate: steak with green onion, grilled corn, tortillas, beans Lunch dates: tour leaders

12 Gage Restaurant
American restaurant

Bourdain had: a rib-eye steak and a margarita Lunch date: Roger D. Hodge, deputy editor at The Intercept and author of Texas Blood

Marfa

Rainer Judd’s Home, Marfa Bourdain ate: blue corn tortillas; menudo (tripe soup); sopapillas (fried pastries); queso fresco (cheese) with chiles; tamales Lunch date: Rainer Judd, President of the Judd Foundation

Laredo Taco Company
Restaurant

Bourdain ate: barbacoa taco Lunch dates: David Beebe, Presidio County Justice of the Peace and Marfa Public Radio DJ and Primo Carrasco, Marfa Public Radio DJ.

Marfa Burrito
Mexican restaurant

Bourdain ate: carne asada burrito Lunch date: Sandro Canovas (activist with The Adobe Alliance)

El Mexico de Ayer
Restaurant

Bourdain ate: family-style meat plate Lunch dates: Presidio Mayor John Ferguson, his daughter Molly, her boyfriend, and the former mayor of Ojinaga

In West Texas Bourdain spends time with people whose way of life is threatened by the possibility of a border wall going up between the United States and Mexico. He dines with a ranching family in the isolated town of Valentine and visits Marfa to learn how the artist Donald Judd transformed it. In the twin cities of Presidio, Texas, and Ojinaga, Mexico, Bourdain witnesses firsthand how a border wall could divide friends and family. He also speaks to individuals who are working to demystify the border for Americans who may fear it.
explorepartsunknown.com/west-texas/eat-like-bourdain-west-texas/

Valentine

Valentine

The Means family ranch Bourdain ate: beef, fried chiles, and biscuits Lunch dates: The Means family and friends

Lost Horse Saloon

Permanently Closed

Bourdain had: drinks Lunch date: Ty Mitchell, owner of Lost Horse Saloon

PARTS UNKNOWN

Big Bend National Park

National park · Brewster County

Bourdain ate: steak with green onion, grilled corn, tortillas, beans Lunch dates: tour leaders

PARTS UNKNOWN

12 Gage Restaurant

American restaurant · Marathon

Bourdain had: a rib-eye steak and a margarita Lunch date: Roger D. Hodge, deputy editor at The Intercept and author of Texas Blood

Marfa

Marfa

Rainer Judd’s Home, Marfa Bourdain ate: blue corn tortillas; menudo (tripe soup); sopapillas (fried pastries); queso fresco (cheese) with chiles; tamales Lunch date: Rainer Judd, President of the Judd Foundation

Laredo Taco Company

Restaurant · Laredo

Bourdain ate: barbacoa taco Lunch dates: David Beebe, Presidio County Justice of the Peace and Marfa Public Radio DJ and Primo Carrasco, Marfa Public Radio DJ.

Marfa Burrito

Mexican restaurant · Marfa

Bourdain ate: carne asada burrito Lunch date: Sandro Canovas (activist with The Adobe Alliance)

El Mexico de Ayer

Restaurant · Ojinaga

Bourdain ate: family-style meat plate Lunch dates: Presidio Mayor John Ferguson, his daughter Molly, her boyfriend, and the former mayor of Ojinaga