Anthony Bourdain Visits East Village Spots For CNN Show

EAST VILLAGE, NY — Superstar chef Anthony Bourdain dined, drank and even ordered an egg cream at some of the most famous Lower East Side and East Village institutions this week, filming and meeting with people for his CNN documentary series "Parts Unknown."

The eleventh season of Bourdain's hit show, which follows him as he travels and eats around the world, will premier later this year. Bourdain, who travels more than 200 days out of the year, returned to his New York City home base in April, visiting local culinary institutions and visiting with New York City icons.

Here are the local haunts Bourdain visited recently, documented via Instagram:

• Emilio’s Ballato, 55 E. Houston St.: Bourdain stopped by the legendary Italian spot with Blondie's Deborah Harry and Chris Stein.

• Ray's Candy Store, 113 Avenue A: Bourdain and Harley Flanagan visited the longtime East Village candy store for egg creams.

• Veselka, 144 Second Ave.: The legendary music manager Danny Fields joined Bourdain for a meal at Veselka, the longtime Ukrainian diner open 24/7 in the East Village.

Other photos from Bourdain's Instagram show the superstar chef visiting with the Lower East Side photographer and artist Clayton Patterson and Fab Five Freddy, as first spotted by neighborhood blog Bedford and Bowery.

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