We've done a 180-degree turn on Mr. Anthony Bourdain after viewing last night's San Francisco The Layover on The Travel Channel. Bourdain calls Swan Oyster Depot one of his favorite places in San Francisco, talks about crossing swords at The Tonga Room, slurs his words, and throws shade at food bloggers. At North Beach's Mr. Bing's, he yells, "You're going to get a lot of annoying, foodie f**kin bloggers saying...What kind of psychotic f**king freak would not love this place?" more ›

Looking to draw attention to (cruel yet succulent) foie gras production and consumption, which will (technically) be banned in California come 2012, animal rights group Animal Legal Defense Fund stirred up a bit of media attention today after offering a rather patronizing gift to TV chef Anthony Bourdain. See, they would like to arrange to have Bourdain tested for hepatic lipidosis—which is, it seems, "the same dangerous liver disease that ducks and geese develop as a result of being force fed massive amounts of food prior to being slaughtered for foie gras." more ›

For all of the machismo and swagger, we cannot stay mad at Anthony Bourdain. Who can, really? (Oh, Tony B., your love for San Francisco -- like your sinewy frame, olive-hued skin, and alto-kissed voice -- is infectious!) This summer, Bourdain was in San Francisco to film his new show, The Layover. And he finally got what Baghdad by the Bay is all about, and then some. more ›

Boy, do we love us some Mr. Bing's in North Beach. In fact, it's where we might or might not have gotten into a heated argument recently with the editor of Inside Scoop over the intellect, or lack thereof, of one Miss Britney Spears. (We lost that argument, clearly.) Anyway, the popular-yet-dusty bar hosted a segment today for Anthony Bourdain's new show tentatively titled The Layover. more ›

As you know, the chef, travel writer and TV host has been in town this week shooting bits for his new show The Layover, which hits all the the must-eat and must-drink spots travelers need to see with only 24 or 48 hours in a given city. He may not have turned up at Zeitgeist (yet), but the vernacular foodie apparently found plenty of other spots to rush through as he ate and drank his way through town. And because this is 2011 and everything deserves to be immediately blogged, we can get a good picture of what this show is going to look like thanks to the miracle of social media and Tony Bourdain's own iPhone. Observe, there may be spoilers: more ›

In a brief update to the news that Anthony Bourdain would be filming a new show on Zeitgeist's now-lovely patio, the Valencia street beer gardeners write to their email list: "No Reservations will be taping at Zeitgeist on August 12th, between 1:30pm and 3pm." Now that you actually know when to arrive in order to get your beautiful, beer-swigging, chain-smoking face on the TV box, here's the bad news: "Anthony Bourdain will NOT be present for the taping." more ›

Noted carnivore, vernacular cuisine fan and TV personality Anthony Bourdain will be returning to San Francisco for another TV shoot next month. As the beergazers in the Mission noted yesterday, Zeitgeist spilled the beans about the August 12th filming in their email newsletter. But the shoot won't be another San Francisco episode of No Reservations - Bourdain is working on a new Travel Channel program called The Layover. (Get it? It's like the hangover, but for travel.) more ›

Chef/crankypants Anthony Bourdain, the male flip side in the Rachel Ray world of food stardom, has made it a habit of slamming other celeb chefs. Brilliantly so. During an interview with DCist, Bourdain takes aim at Chez Panisse's Alice Water. Behold: more ›

We can't think of a better way to spend a birthday (our husband's) than eating an entire animal with seventeen fellow carnivores at Incanto Restaurant's private room, in Noe Valley. This is a bit of Laura Ingalls Wilder in the City, for sure. Not only are the food and wine superb at Incanto, it's where we ate offal (Prather Ranch veal testicles, anyone?) with Culinary Bad Boy Anthony Bourdain earlier this year. more ›

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