Spain, 2024

There’s this clip of Anthony Bourdain walking the streets of San Sebastián, ducking in and out of pintxos bars with his pal Juan Mari Arzak.

A few observations.

One, Bourdain was always effortlessly cool. Two, the food looks truly insane. And three, everyone seemed deliriously happy.

So we decided we, too, must go to this place where we, too, could be effortlessly cool with insane food and find delirious bliss.

And reader, we found it.