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Anthony Bourdain Said Most US Airport Food Is Awful — Except This One Chain Location
Anthony Bourdain was as vocal (and eloquent) about the foods he celebrated as the foods he rejected. The chef-slash-writer famously called Johnny Rockets "soul-destroying" and named American food at large as the "most outrageous" in the entire world. With respect to U.S. airport food, his tone was somewhat forgiving — but only when it came to one chain and one location in particular. "Shake Shack at Kennedy airport is the best," Bourdain shared in a 2013 interview with Esquire, "although airport food options in the States are usually really bad."
It's an understandable choice for the lifelong New Yorker. Shake Shack is an NYC institution, and where better to enjoy it than in hometown style at JFK? As of May 2025, JFK airport was home to three Shake Shack branches, located in Terminal 4 at gates B22 and B37, and in Terminal 8 near gate 10. In total, the airport is home to more than 80 food and beverage stands — quite necessary for feeding the just under 27 million travelers who flew in or out of JFK in 2022 alone. As for Bourdain, the "Parts Unknown" host told the outlet that he was away from home "about 250 days a year, for nearly the past decade." He may have served as executive chef of a Manhattan restaurant, but he was singing the praises of airport food located in Queens, just a borough away.
The Basic Meals Anthony Bourdain Believed Everyone Should Master
If you know anything about Anthony Bourdain, you know that food was a central part of his life. So, it should come as little surprise that when asked about what meals every man should know how to cook — in a 2014 interview with Men's Journal — he was quick with a response, and it was much more than one dish. "In an ideal society, everyone over 12 should be able to cook a few basic things reasonably well," Bourdain explained, adding that feeding both themselves and several others should be considered a "basic life skill." But what dishes did Bourdain believe everyone should know how to cook?
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The Fall Food Trend Anthony Bourdain Wanted To See 'Drowned In Its Own Blood'
Anthony Bourdain rarely minced words. Whether he was talking about his favorite fast food chain, dumb food fads, or his frenemy Guy Fieri, he told it like it was. And few modern food trends earned his ire quite like the pumpkin spice latte. To him, pumpkin spice wasn't just a seasonal flavor; it was a symbol of everything wrong with American consumerism. His distaste for the now-ubiquitous fall beverage was well-documented. In a popular Reddit post, Bourdain delivered one of his most memorable jabs at Starbucks' seasonal hit: "I would like to see the pumpkin spice craze drowned in its own blood. Quickly."
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