United States
Enormous, over-documented, and still full of places nobody drives the extra hour to reach.
The national parks are on every list and busy accordingly. The things worth rearranging a trip for are usually an hour off the interstate, in a town with one market and no sign on the highway.
Places in United States
California
A thousand miles of coast, and the best of it is the part most visitors skip.
Charleston
Low Country cooking that's been in the ground here longer than the city's oldest houses.
Kansas City
A barbecue capital where the best plate still comes out of a converted gas station.
New York City
The institutions outlast the trends, and most of them are older than anyone eating there.
Seattle
A Pacific Northwest food scene built on what the water and the markets actually give it.
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Barney Greengrass
New York City, United StatesThe Upper West Side "Sturgeon King" deli Anthony Bourdain called an essential part of a balanced breakfast.
Husk
Charleston, United StatesSean Brock's Low Country restaurant, the anchor of Anthony Bourdain's 2015 Charleston episode of Parts Unknown.
Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que
Kansas City, United StatesThe gas-station barbecue joint Anthony Bourdain named one of "13 Places to Eat Before You Die" — renamed from Oklahoma Joe's in 2014.
Le Bernardin
New York City, United StatesEric Ripert's Midtown seafood dining room — the restaurant Anthony Bourdain called his own favourite.
Miranda Gardens Resort
Avenue of the Giants, United StatesCottages on the Avenue of the Giants where the redwoods start at the end of your balcony.
Russ & Daughters
New York City, United StatesA Lower East Side lox-and-herring institution since 1907, and one of Anthony Bourdain's favourite corners of "disappearing" Manhattan.
Salumi
Seattle, United StatesArmandino Batali's cured-meat sandwich shop, called "a holy place" by Anthony Bourdain.