Seattle

on 2022.01.20

9 Places

Bourdain heads to the Emerald City for some primo legal green and a brief but memorable interlude with the lovely ladies of virtual reality porn. It’s not all unadulterated adult enchantments in Seattle, though. To get to that Sweet Kush, Bourdain must first elbow his way past the insufferable Starbucks-swilling “tech bros,” typically identifiable by their blue badges and soulless eyes.They’re building a Whole Foods in the once-gritty gayborhood of Capitol Hill in what amounts to a symbol of incessant gentrification. Here it’s called “facade-omy.” As the yuppies wreak havoc on the city, bleeding it of its long-cherished character, Bourdain must dodge an estimated 75 serial killers in the Washington-state area—addled by the long, dreary winters, locals say. Will he make it out alive? Tune in to find out.

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Pacific Inn Pub

Pub · Fremont

Bourdain ate: fish and chips Lunch dates: Astra Elane and Dustin Patterson, members of local band The Gods Themselves, who penned “Tech Boys.”

Revel

Korean restaurant · Fremont

Bourdain ate: cilantro noodles, yu choy, and thinly sliced flatiron steak; kimchi pancakes with braised pork belly and bean sprouts; marinated-short-rib rice bowl with house sambal, daikon kimchi, and egg; short-rib dumplings topped with pickled shallot and scallion. Lunch dates: John Cook and Todd Bishop, co-founders of tech news website GeekWire; Rachel Yang, chef behind Revel.

Emerald Haze Cannabis Emporium

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Tony went to this weed dispensary to buy some pot, since it is legal in the state of Washington.

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The Hollingsworth Cannabis Company

A marijuana farm that supplies some of the dispensaries.

Mamnoon

Middle Eastern restaurant · Capitol Hill

Bourdain had: fresh bread, baharat-seasoned beef and lamb kebabs; fried cauliflower with tahini; summer fatteh with local squash and charred tomatoes, pine nuts, and stuffed grape leaves; hummus; beer. Dinner dates: Raft Hollingsworth III and Joy Hollingsworth, Hollingsworth Cannabis Company, farm directors and members of the family that owns the company.

Modernist Cuisine

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Bourdain ate: baba au rhum in a jar, a bagel. Lunch date: Nathan Myhrvold, former chief technology officer at Microsoft and lead author of Modernist Cuisine; Francisco Migoya, head chef of the Modernist Cuisine culinary team.

Taylor Shellfish Oyster Bar

Seafood restaurant · Pioneer Square

Bourdain ate: oysters; flash-fried whole local smelt served with pepperoncini sambal aioli; local dungeness crab, chilled and cooked with pickled ginger sauce. Lunch dates: Fred Moody, writer of books including Unspeakable Joy and Seattle and the Demons of Ambition, and bartender at Shanghai Room; Jack Whisner, transit planner for King County metro; Knute Berger, Seattle magazine columnist and Pugetopolis.

North Star Diner & Shanghai Room

Diner · Greenwood

Bourdain had: crab, bacon, and melted cheese sandwich; drinks. Dinner and drinks date: retired Seattle homicide detective Mike Ciesynski, Fred Moody.

Ocho

Tapas bar · Ballard

Bourdain had: drinks and tapas. Dinner date: Mark Lanegan, singer-songwriter, formerly with Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, and many other acts, and artist behind Parts Unknown theme song; Jeff Fielder, touring guitarist.

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