Eat like Bourdain

2537 Wylie Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 681-4087

Lunch date: Sala Udin, Hill District community leader, former councilman.

Bourdain ate: chicken paprikas, lángos (Hungarian fried bread), kolbasz (Hungarian sausage), cucumber salad.

Dinner dates: Jamilka Borges, chef at Spoon.

Bourdain had: beer, kielbasa, sauerkraut, pierogis, molten mac n’ cheese

Dinner dates: Brittany Baker, dental student by day, professional wrestler by night. Adam Cole, Baker’s boyfriend who is also a wrestler.

Bourdain ate: Lake Eerie walleye pike, potatoes, fish cracklin, herbs; beef short ribs on milkweed buds and overwintered sunchoke chips; wine.

Dates: John Fetterman, mayor of Braddock, PA;  Gisele Fetterman, runs Free Store 15104, a nonprofit to help those in need in their community; Franco Harris, four-time Super Bowl champion; Chef Kevin Sousa, restaurateur behind Superior Motors.

Bourdain had: beer, cheeseburgers with chips.  

Dinner date: Stewart O’Nan, Pittsburgh author who wrote the books “City of Secrets,” “West of Sunset,” among others.

Bourdain had: drinks.

Drink date: Tony Buba, documentarian on the fate of Braddock’s working class.

Bourdain had: beer

Drink dates: Brooke Davis, New Alexandria demolition driver. Chris Quenzler Jr., welder and one of best demo mechanics in the New Alexandria area.

Bourdain had: racks of pork rib, grilled hearts of escarole and turnips, a sauce made from the pork drippings, and four types of sausage.

Lunch dates: Justin Severino, chef behind Cure; Maggie Merskey, designer of bar programs; Sonja Finn, farm-to-table chef behind Dinette.

Bourdain ate: Sausage and peppers.

Lunch dates: Locals Ronald E Metallo, Joann Metallo, Orrie Mariani, Paul J Marcantonio, Eugene “Uncle Gene” Martiahi, and Jerry Metallo.