Thursday, August 20, 2026

‘Tony’ and a Bourdain East Village flashback

"Tony," the film that chronicles a life-changing summer of 1975 for a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain, continues its run at Village East by Angelika on Second Avenue and 12th Street. 

The coming-of-age drama is enjoying some solid reviews (we saw it and mostly liked it — there's a blurb for you). 

Afterward, we were recalling when CNN aired the final season of Bourdain's "Parts Unknown." The finale, which aired posthumously in November 2018, took Bourdain through the East Village and Lower East Side and featured Harley Flanagan, Lydia Lunch, Richard Hell, Fab Five Freddy, Jim Jarmusch, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, and John Lurie, among many others.

Bourdain, a former LES resident, visited neighborhood haunts including Ray’s Candy Store, Veselka, John’s of 12th Street, Max Fish and Emilio’s Ballato. EVG flashback here. 

The chef, author and TV personality died in June 2018. His employer, CNN, reported that Bourdain took his own life. He was 61.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM

    So depressing

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  2. AnonymousAugust 21, 2026 at 8:34 AM

    I worked with Tony at two restaurants in the late ‘70s and early’80s. Montana Eve on 7th ave south, and WPA in soho. He then lived on the UWS. I was unaware that he lived on the LES. we certainly scored lots of drugs downtown. People in our circle became addicted, died, went to prison, and sold their ass on the “stroll” , east eleventh and twelfth streets.

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