Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Chicago
TV Flash files “Chicago” as hour 50 of 95 in the TV Flash guide — Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013–2018) on CNN, season 7, episode 2, aired 2016-05-01, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E02: listed hour 50 of 95 in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide, hour 2 of 7 in season 7. It aired 2016-05-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Manila: The Philippines” (S07E01). Next is “The Greek Islands” (S07E03).
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Chicago's iconic Old Town Ale House and its colorful patrons are the gateway to Bourdain's tour of the "City by the Lake," which includes the host dining on breaded steak sandwiches at Ricobene's with music producer Steve Albini, sampling Mapo Doufu at Chinatown's Sze Chuan with Chef Stephanie Izard, and a home cooked meal with Chicago-raised rapper Lupe Fiasco and his mom, plus a tour of comedy mecca Second City with mainstage performer Paul Jurewicz.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Chicago sit in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide?
S07E02 is listed hour 50 of 95 — hour 2 of 7 in season 7, season 7 episode 2.
When did Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S07E02 air?
Chicago aired 2016-05-01 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need to watch in order?
Each episode is a place. Jump by curiosity — Iran, Libya, Congo, or a city you think you already know. The ethic is consistent; the map is not a serial plot.
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Why this series still plays
Anthony Bourdain sits at tables through conflict and history, eating without tourist gloss. CNN as unlikely prestige: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Travel television with literary soul — curiosity as ethics — and a body of work that rewatches now as both journalism and a decade's memorial.
The first look is a table without tourist gloss. Anthony Bourdain sits with people around the world, eating through history and conflict — CNN series premiered **2013**, an unlikely network turned prestige destination: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Multiple Emmys. Episodes in Iran, Libya, Congo and more became teaching texts. Curiosity as ethics. Travel television with literary soul — the table as journalism, the plate as pretext for who gets to be seen. Tessa's tags will rank a "best bite." Let them.…
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Anthony Bourdain sat at tables through conflict and history on Parts Unknown — CNN as unlikely prestige, food as politics, loneliness, and grace, travel television with literary soul. Curiosity as ethics. TV Flash files him as the 2010s…