To determine the best and cheapest local foodie scenes, WalletHub across 24 key metrics. The data set ranges from affordability and accessibility of high-quality restaurants to food festivals per capita to craft breweries and wineries per capita.
| Top 20 Foodie Cities in America | |||||
| 1 | San Francisco, CA | 11 | Tampa, FL | ||
| 2 | Portland, OR | 12 | Atlanta, GA | ||
| 3 | New York, NY | 13 | Chicago, IL | ||
| 4 | Los Angeles, CA | 14 | Philadelphia, PA | ||
| 5 | Miami, FL | 15 | Sacramento, CA | ||
| 6 | Orlando, FL | 16 | Houston, TX | ||
| 7 | Austin, TX | 17 | St. Louis, MO | ||
| 8 | Las Vegas, NV | 18 | Denver, CO | ||
| 9 | San Diego, CA | 19 | Washington, DC | ||
| 10 | Seattle, WA | 20 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
Best vs. Worst
New York has the most gourmet specialty-food stores (per square root of population), 1.3907, which is 56.5 times more than in West Valley City, Utah, the city with the fewest at 0.0246.
New York has the most gourmet specialty-food stores (per square root of population), 1.3907, which is 56.5 times more than in West Valley City, Utah, the city with the fewest at 0.0246.
San Francisco has the most cooking schools (per square root of population), 0.0567, which is 37.8 times more than in Omaha, Nebraska, the city with the fewest at 0.0015.
New York, has the most restaurants (per square root of population), 10.59, which is 37.8 times more than in Pearl City, Hawaii, the city with the fewest at 0.28.
Orlando, Florida, has the most ice cream and frozen yogurt shops (per square root of population), 0.3158, which is 38.5 times more than in West Valley City, Utah, the city with the fewest at 0.0082.
Santa Rosa, California, has the highest ratio of full-service restaurants to fast-food establishments, 1.69, which is 3.1 times higher than in Jackson, Mississippi, the city with the lowest at 0.55.
