Gothamist: Anthony Bourdain's Favorite Dive Bars

bourdain

Wed, 24 May 2006 09:37:31 -0500

I've been accused of a lot of terrible things... (some of them even true) and all kinds of bestial behavior and am perfectly content to be called a "douche bag"--and opinions on Les Halles..well...you can love em or hate em as you like. But a "facial at Mario Badescu"? I'd sooner be caught sodomizing a rooster in the window at Planet Hollywood--or huffing glue in a cocktail dress at a Phish reunion--as anyone who has ever gazed upon my unlovely and poorly tended mug can clearly see. Never happened. And regrets on the Dorismond omission. Didn't remember. Inappropriately glib. Guilty as charged.

leslie

Mon, 22 May 2006 18:42:50 -0500

I agree with Matt. The Wakamba is hardly a dive bar these days -- on weekends, lots of middle-aged couples go there, and on weeknights it's mainly an after-work joint for laborers. As for the prices, I have a suspicion that gavachos pay more for the drinks than regulars.

bill

Mon, 22 May 2006 01:06:43 -0500

Re: Bourdain's comment that he believed people had died at Wakamba, someone should remind him that's where Patrick Dorismond was gunned down in cold blood by the NYPD. You could've looked it up, Anthony...

miranda

Sun, 21 May 2006 18:41:00 -0500

Bourdin is a douche-bag. I was getting a facial at Mario Badescu, and he was next to me, and he wouldn't get off of his cellphone. He kept saying, "Don't they know who I am?? Tell them Tony Bourdin will be very unhappy! Tell them!" When someone working there asked him to turn it off, he said, "Do you know who I am?" So, for anyone at Badescu who didn't know, we then knew T.B. was indeed in the house and was indeed a shithead. By the way, his restaurants suck ass too.

Jen

Sun, 21 May 2006 16:19:37 -0500

Eek, that's what a "dive" bar is charging? Maybe it's the location that makes it divey - you know, steps away from a tunnel to Jersey.

Matt

Sun, 21 May 2006 15:40:29 -0500

Went to Wakamba a few months ago. 2 weak drinks = $20. Way too much for a "dive" bar.