Anthony Bourdain returns to his roots in New Jersey with younger brother Chris. "Parts Unknown" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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"New Jersey, in case you didn't know it, has got beaches, beautiful beaches," Tony says.
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Tony and Chris feast on clams in drawn butter at Kubel's, a seaside restaurant in Barnegat Light. The two brothers grew up summering on the Jersey Shore.
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Tony then heads to Atlantic City to talk with longtime residents about the city in the time before gambling.
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Vicki Gold Levi is one of those residents: Her dad was the chief photographer for the city from the 1930s to the 1960s, and she grew up walking down the then-bustling boardwalk. Tony shares pan-seared scallops with her at the The Knife & Fork Inn in Atlantic City.
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Comedian Rich Vos was also born and bred in New Jersey.
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Tony and Chris watch Vos, along with his wife Bonnie McFarlane, perform in Atlantic City.
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Tony then visits Baltimore Grill in Atlantic City, which specializes in old-fashioned Italian-American fare.
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Bourdain listens over dinner as the husband-wife comedians discuss how people often think of New Jersey as an industrial wasteland because of the refineries along the turnpike.
