A few weeks afterAnthony Bourdain’s death in2018, New Jersey Assemblyman Paul Moriarty proposed that an official”Anthony BourdainFood Trail” should be set up to honor the chef, writer and travel host.

After all, Bourdain grew up in Bergen County and spent numerous summers vacationing on Long Beach Island. Bourdain dedicated an entire episode in the fifth season of “Parts Unknown” tothe Garden State.