BOURDAIN..
HAS DIED.
HE WAS 61 YEARS OLD.
BOURDAIN WAS FOUND DEAD IN A
FRENCH HOTEL ROOM.. OF AN
APPARENT SUICIDE.
HE WAS IN FRANCE WORKING ON AN
UPCOMING EPISODE OF HIS AWARD
WINNING C-N-N SERIES "PARTS
UNKNOWN".
THESE PHOTOS OF BOURDAIN WERE
SHOT JUST FOUR DAYS AGO.. AS HE
FILMED AT A RESTAURANT IN
COLMAR, ALSACE
BOURDAIN DID A NUMBER OF SHOWS
RIGHT HERE IN THE BAY AREA. BUT
THERE IS ONE FOOD JOINT IN
PARTICULAR..
HE ALWAYS MADE SURE TO VISIT. A
PLACE HE CALLED: HIS HAPPY ZONE.
KPIX 5s SUSIE STEIMLE IS LIVE IN
SAN FRANCISCO.. AT "SWAN OYSTER
DEPOT".
SUSIE.
(KEVIN SANCIMONO/FAMILY
OWNS SWAN OYSTER DEPOT)
"he'd come in here without
cameras people would sit down
and be like oh my God that's
anthony bourdain over there"
KEVIN SANCIMONO AND HIS FAMILY
HAVE BEEN SERVING UP SEAFOOD AT
SWAN OYSTER DEPOT FOR 106 YEARS.
THE LATE ANTHONY BOURDAIN WAS A
REGULAR AT THIS PLACE, JOKING
THAT FANS CRITICIZED HIM FOR
COMING HERE ON EVERY BAY AREA
SHOOT. (BOURDAIN)
"every show you've ever done in
san francisco you come to swan
oyster depot, yes that's correct
true love cannot be denied"
KEVIN SAYS WHEN HE HEARD THE
NEWS THIS MORNING HE...
(KEVIN)
couldn't believe it, was just a
shock, you imagine him coming in
here you know when is the next
time he was going to come in? he
just energized so many people
BOURDAIN'S PRAISE FOR THIS PLACE
COULDN'T BE HIGHER. (BOURDAIN)
"swan oyster depot, a touchstone
in my worldwide wanderings, a
happy zone, if i read about
myself dying at this counter i'd
say to myself that was one lucky
guy" IT'S AN INSTITUTION, ONE
THAT REGULARS DON'T MIND WAITING
IN WRAP-AROUND LINES AROUND THE
BLOCK FOR. IT'S UN-PRETENTIOUS,
STRAIGHT-FORWARD AND DOESN'T
APPEAR TO HAVE CHANGED OVER THE
YEARS, MUCH LIKE BOURDAIN
HIMSELF.
(YVETTE BROWN/BOURDAIN
FAN)
"SS: he was real. YVETTE: he was
very real"
FANS REMEMBER BOURDAIN FOR HIS
CADENCE AND CANDOR. HE HAD THE
ABILITY TO SWING BY A CITY AND
UNDERSTAND THE CENTRAL STORYLINE
IN ONE DAY. HE CERTAINLY
UNDERSTOOD SAN FRANCISCO.
(BOURDAIN)
"according to many locals the
entire character of this city is
being leeched out by an invasion
of tech people a flood of tech
money it's the triumph of the
nerds"
KEVIN'S JUST SAD HE WON'T BE
BACK. (KEVIN)
"you imagine somebody like that
coming in for life it's a
horrible loss"
A BAY AREA WOMAN CHARGED WITH
FALSELY ACCUSING MEN OF ABUSE..
