Author, TV host, and world-traveler Anthony Bourdain will stop by PlayhouseSquare November 4 for a live show.
His Travel Channel show, “No Reservations,” is a cult-like, must-watch, much-celebrated affair; his best-selling books, both Kitchen Confidential, and Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and People Who Cook, are engrossing, and enlightening, and filled with compelling insidery-y insights into the food world, all told through Bourdain’s immediately recognizable voice.
His live show? Who the hell knows? Some rudimentary Googling shows that his live appearances consist of a 30-minute or so monologue (mainly rehashing stuff you’ve probably read in his books or heard him say before, say, about the Food Network, or cooking, or shitty restaurants), and then he takes audience questions. Reviews seem to be a mixed bag; the takeaway: you’ll probably love it if you love him.
This article appears in May 11-17, 2011.
The epsisode of No Reservation that was filmed here sucked. Man v. Food put a better light on the town. Maybe this time Tony won’t start out at that filthy Skyline (which is Cincy food) and try to do something Clevelanders do.