This Florida City Was Just Named the Best Food City in the U.S.
WalletHub released its 2023 report on the Best Foodie Cities in America, which looked at restaurants — from affordable joints to Michelin-starred hot spots — in 180 cities.
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WalletHub just released its 2023 report of the Best Foodie Cities in America, which broke down the best, and the most affordable, local food scenes in the U.S.
To determine the rankings, the team compared more than 180 of the nation’s largest cities, analyzing each across 28 metrics, including the affordability and accessibility of excellent restaurants, number of food festivals per capita, craft breweries and wineries per capita, restaurant diversity, Michelin stars, and more.
After weighing the data, the researchers named Orlando, Florida, the No. 1 food city in America. It won because of the diversity and quality of the restaurants — and for another very important reason: “Orlando has the most ice cream and frozen yogurt shops,” WalletHub noted in the report. Orlando also had some of the most coffee shops per capita and the most specialty-food grocery stores — and scored high in the affordability rankings.
Other top food cities in WalletHub's rankings included Portland, Oregon; Sacramento, California; Miami; San Francisco; Tampa, Florida; San Diego; Las Vegas; Austin, Texas; and Seattle.
WalletHub’s rankings also spotlighted a few standout cities that didn't make the top 10. St. Louis, the survey noted, has the most gourmet specialty-food stores of any city, and Miami had the most restaurants of any city surveyed.