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Anthony Bourdain Said This NYC Restaurant Has 'The Best Breakfast In The Universe' By Dylan Murray Oct. 18, 2025 11:20 pm EST
While Anthony Bourdain was notoriously not a fan of brunch , he did have a great appreciation for breakfast and expressed it quite frequently throughout his career. The chef would spend plenty of time on each of his several travel shows over the years enjoying breakfast dishes. During the first season of Bourdain's first TV show, entitled "A Cook's Tour," he got the chance to visit Barney Greengrass — one of his favorite breakfast spots in the entire world — during an episode that featured him visiting restaurants across New York City.
Barney Greengrass is a Jewish deli on the Upper West Side that Bourdain considered the b