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Anthony Bourdain’s Lower East Side ‘Parts Unknown’ Episode To Air

Bourdain visits a handful of iconic Lower East Side and East Village eateries in the episode set to air this fall.

LOWER EAST SIDE, NY — New Yorkers will get one more chance to say goodbye to Anthony Bourdain.

CNN will piece together a final season of the late Anthony Bourdain’s documentary series "Parts Unknown" this fall, including an episode set in the Lower East Side and the East Village, the LA Times first reported.

For the episode, Bourdain visited desert staple Ray’s Candy Store, the Ukrainian diner Veselka, Italian spot John's of 12th Street and art bar Max Fish. He even worked rock stars into the mix and sat down for a meal with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie at Italian restaurant Emilio's Ballato, reported Eater.

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Other icons of the city's art and music scenes are in the episode including artist Joe Coleman, punk rock music executive Danny Fields and hip-hop king Fab Five Freddy, the website reported.

Only one episode in the final season, set in Kenya, had finished filming and went through the production process before Boudain's death. The remaining four, including the Lower East Side and East Village episode, will be produced by the directors who filmed them and will be use audio from Bourdain recorded while shooting on location, the LA Times reported.

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Bourdain's signature narration will be absent.

The last episodes will also feature behind-the-scenes footage, outtakes and interviews with the cast and crew. An episode dedicated to how Bourdain affected the world will also air with the final season of CNN's Emmy Award-winning show that began in 2013.


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