Lower East Side by Parts Unknown on Postcard

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Lower East Side

on 2022.01.20

7 Places

Bourdain reflects on a specific time on New York City’s Lower East Side. During the 1970s and ’80s it was a hotbed of music, art, and drugs. He reminisces about his own personal history in the area and meets with legendary characters like Debbie Harry, Fab 5 Freddy, and Richard Hell.

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Ray's Candy Store

Dessert shop · East Village

Bourdain had: chocolate egg cream Lunch date: Harley Flanagan, musician

Veselka

Ukrainian restaurant · East Village

Bourdain had: pierogies Lunch date: Danny Fields, music manager

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John V. Lindsay East River Park

Park · East Village

Bourdain had: bagels Lunch date: Kembra Pfahler, filmmaker and performance artist

PARTS UNKNOWN

John's of 12th Street

Italian restaurant · East Village

Lunch date: Joe Coleman, performance artist

El Castillo De Jagua

Dominican restaurant · Lower East Side

Lunch date: Fab 5 Freddy, hip-hop pioneer

PARTS UNKNOWN

Emilio's Ballato

Italian restaurant · Nolita

Lunch date: Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, members of the band Blondie

Public Kitchen

Permanently Closed

Bourdain ate: octopus, fish Lunch date: Lydia Lunch, musician and actor

PARTS UNKNOWN

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