“What you should know is that the Bronx is big. Really big. And that it’s a patchwork of ethnic enclaves, a cross‑section of the whole world, every immigrant group you could think of.”
188 Bakery Cuchifritos
Puerto Rican restaurant · Fordham
Bourdain ate: cuchifritos (deep-fried pig parts), morcilla (blood sausage), plantains, rice and beans. Sidekick: Justin Fornal, aka Baron Ambrosia, Bronx culinary ambassador, documentarian, and the television personality behind such shows as the Cooking Channel’s The Culinary Adventures of Baron Ambrosia.
PARTS UNKNOWN
Liebman’s Deli
Kosher restaurant · Riverdale
Bourdain had: hot pastrami, chopped liver on toast, potato pancakes with applesauce, pickles, Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray (celery-flavored soda). Sidekick: Lloyd Ultan: Bronx historian at the Bronx County Historical Society.
PARTS UNKNOWN
The Bronx
7 Places
“What you should know is that the Bronx is big. Really big. And that it’s a patchwork of ethnic enclaves, a cross‑section of the whole world, every immigrant group you could think of.”
188 Bakery Cuchifritos
Puerto Rican restaurant
Bourdain ate: cuchifritos (deep-fried pig parts), morcilla (blood sausage), plantains, rice and beans. Sidekick: Justin Fornal, aka Baron Ambrosia, Bronx culinary ambassador, documentarian, and the television personality behind such shows as the Cooking Channel’s The Culinary Adventures of Baron Ambrosia.
Lammy's Restaurant
Permanently closed
Bourdain ate: goat curry, stewed oxtail, rice, peas, collards, mac ’n’ cheese.
Liebman’s Deli
Kosher restaurant
Bourdain had: hot pastrami, chopped liver on toast, potato pancakes with applesauce, pickles, Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray (celery-flavored soda). Sidekick: Lloyd Ultan: Bronx historian at the Bronx County Historical Society.
