🇺🇸 Where Bourdain Ate in Atlanta

Bourdain's first stop in Atlanta. He compares the ribs to 'a really nasty girl in cheap heels with a trashy Queens accent who chews gum' — meaning they're not proper BBQ but absolutely irresistible. Live blues music and fall-off-the-bone ribs.

Chef Linton Hopkins' gastropub famous for its double cheeseburger — only 24 made per night, served at 10pm sharp. Bourdain visits with chef Sean Brock (Husk) and they feast on house-cured charcuterie before the burger ritual.

A late-night spot in East Atlanta Village that doesn't open until 10:30pm, run by the owners of the So Ba Vietnamese restaurant during the day. Bourdain hangs out with chefs and industry people, drinking and bitching about food service jobs over creative small plates.

Chef Steven Satterfield's farm-to-table restaurant in a converted stockyard. Bourdain meets Alton Brown here and they discuss what it means to be Southern. The farm egg in celery cream and the vegetable plate are standouts of honest, seasonal cooking.

Bourdain calls this his 'last and most important stop in town' — Atlanta's legendary dive bar slash strip club in the basement of the Clermont Motor Hotel. He drags a reluctant Alton Brown along. Legendary stripper Blondie crushes beer cans with her breasts. This is sacred ground.

Chef Richard Blais guides Bourdain through this sprawling international market on Buford Highway. Tony marvels at the global ingredients — Korean, Vietnamese, Mexican, Eastern European — and they share Korean beef dumplings and kimchi at the food counter.

A quick stop on Buford Highway for authentic Mexican tacos. Bourdain grabs tacos al pastor and lengua from this no-frills taqueria that's part of Atlanta's thriving Hispanic food corridor.

A beloved breakfast-and-lunch joint in Reynoldstown. Bourdain recommends the classic Southern breakfast — chicken and biscuits with gravy, or the comfy chicken biscuit. A neighborhood spot that defines Atlanta's home cooking.

An East Atlanta Village institution since 1999 — part rock club, part neighborhood dive, with a solid burger and the kind of unpretentious vibe Bourdain loved. He recommends it as a perfect place to end a night of eating and drinking in ATL.

A Vietnamese-Cajun hybrid on Buford Highway serving deep-fried fish, crawfish boils, and what Tony calls an 'Asian mutation' of Gulf Coast seafood. Not your typical Louisiana crawfish — but something uniquely Atlanta.