I hate to be a dick and while I could be wrong about this, I really don't know where he found his knowledgeable Seattle people. While I have always dug his "message" (esp re: Kissinger), I wonder maybe where he dug up anyone for any of his shows.
Watch the first bit of this when he was in Seattle that I just checked out:
Let me tell you a few glaring mistakes/misrepresentations.
The first bar he goes to right at the beginning, the PI (Pacific Inn Pub), I went to nightly for a good part of a decade (which ended about two years ago because I moved -- I literally lived a half block from there). Those cats he talks to over fish and chips are no regulars of the area and other similar bars. I bartended at another bar for years a few blocks from that spot and trust me, I would recognize those supposed experts on Seattle. I know the exact area and public very "intimately". Also, considering the crowd and that time of day because of the sunlight through the windows, the setup for his crew would have been impossible without multiple takes. It's literally as wide as a mobile home.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6496217 ... 312!8i6656
Since I wasn't living in that area and quit going there all the time right before he did his show in Seattle, I really missed out. No doubt I would have been there for that. But those close up shots are impossible in the way they are portrayed as just being out and about in Seattle. Just sayin'. But I will go there and ask about how the fuck it was filmed the way it was next time I go in.
The next one was that tattooed guy on Capitol Hill who along with Bourdain lamented the building of a Whole Foods. Bzzzt. Another area I know well. There is a "brand new" Whole Foods that has been approximately about 5-7 blocks from where he was pointing out for 10 years. Built right before the "Amazon boom".
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6185829 ... 312!8i6656
Again, just sayin'.
But definitely RIP.
