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Where is ATL on this list? Why can't the most viable city in the South can't get its act together. It could be a food mecca but it is seriously lagging in respect to its size.
The seafood in Seattle is top 2. Maybe somewhere in New England it would be better.
SF is great, but maybe I'm just missing what is so much better about it then NYC or LA. I've never been to Chicago so that is the first place I need to go to try some new eats.
Miami, besides Cuban...dear g-d.
& DC....I don't know how I feel about DC food. It's better than ATL but I don't know why I feel I've only had pretty average food there. I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.
We got it together but IMO we don't get the proper credit especially since Ponce City Market and Krog St Market are open but it will take a couple of more years for Atlanta to be ranked higher once these developments get more popular outside of Atlanta
We got it together but IMO we don't get the proper credit especially since Ponce City Market and Krog St Market are open but it will take a couple of more years for Atlanta to be ranked higher once these developments get more popular outside of Atlanta
Krog st is dope and I love the design of PCM but PCM and Krog needs better food purveyors at a better price.
for comparisons sake, PCM is very similar to Grand Central Market in DTLA. GCM is considered to be an expensive place yet, it's food offerings are cheaper than PCM generally even though PCM has nowhere near the quality of offerings.
but overall I have just never had a meal in ATL that blew me away.
Last edited by jamills21; 12-17-2015 at 07:14 AM..
Krog st is dope and I love the design of PCM but PCM and Krog needs better food purveyors at a better price.
but overall I have just never had a meal in ATL that blew me away.
People have different taste buds generally speaking so something that might taste great in one city might be "garbage" in another city. Overall whatever region people are generally from or accustomed to they will generally say that particular food is better. With that being said I normally mostly visit hood spots because generally they have the best food in my opinion but overall by rankings the restaurants in the city have better rankings and are more popular. Technically I never ate an absolutely wonderful meal except in any major city outside of New Orleans but I'm sure overall dozens of other cities have an overall better scene but just because I never ate an great meal in most cities doesnt mean that the scene isnt good. Technically I never ate a great meal in LA outside of The Boiling Crab but I'm sure the scene is great. I cant really compare cities unless I ate in at least 50% of the restaurants in said city
I go to Big Daddys (Soul Food) on Old National, This is it (soul food), Antico Pizza, Fox Brothers BBQ, etc is what I normally eat for a good meal in Atlanta
People have different taste buds generally speaking so something that might taste great in one city might be "garbage" in another city. Overall whatever region people are generally from or accustomed to they will generally say that particular food is better. With that being said I normally mostly visit hood spots because generally they have the best food in my opinion but overall by rankings the restaurants in the city have better rankings and are more popular. Technically I never ate an absolutely wonderful meal except in any major city outside of New Orleans but I'm sure overall dozens of other cities have an overall better scene but just because I never ate an great meal in most cities doesnt mean that the scene isnt good. Technically I never ate a great meal in LA outside of The Boiling Crab but I'm sure the scene is great. I can really compare cities unless I ate in at least 50% of the restaurants in said city
I go to Big Daddys (Soul Food) on Old National, This is it (soul food), Antico Pizza, Fox Brothers BBQ, etc is what I normally eat for a good meal in Atlanta
Fair enough. I lived in ATL for 5 years though. So, its not like I was just in town for a bit and then dipped.
Sure, but the first part of your post seemed to be talking about these cities as a whole; not just their Vietnamese food.
For what it's worth, I can't tell you how many times I've heard how underwhelming the DC food scene is.
I think that is just an old stigma from the old D.C. when the food scene wasn't that great. But on the eve of 2016, D.C.'s food scene has probably exploded more in the past 5 years than any city in the nation driven by the mass influx of nationally renowned chefs and restaurants. The local scene has also exploded with innovation, driven by food incubators and all sorts of entrepreneurship that didn't exist before.
Here are a few links on the explosion taking place in D.C.'s food scene:
I think that is just an old stigma from the old D.C. when the food scene wasn't that great. But on the eve of 2016, D.C.'s food scene has probably exploded more in the past 5 years than any city in the nation driven by the mass influx of nationally renowned chefs and restaurants. The local scene has also exploded with innovation, driven by food incubators and all sorts of entrepreneurship that didn't exist before.
DC, to me, is still a relative underperformer. The govt./consulting/lawyers economic base means lots of steakhouses and boring corporate chains. Yes, there are many "name" chefs in DC, but that doesn't mean much (Vegas has even more, and is hardly a dining mecca). Ethnic eats tend to be somewhat weak unless you go deep into suburbia.
Just anecdotal, but I am in DC monthly for business, and have a hard time finding good non-fancy meals. Your random Thai place or Italian restaurant will be, relatively lacking (esp. in prime areas like Dupont Circle and Georgetown).
DC, to me, is still a relative underperformer. The govt./consulting/lawyers economic base means lots of steakhouses and boring corporate chains. Yes, there are many "name" chefs in DC, but that doesn't mean much (Vegas has even more, and is hardly a dining mecca). Ethnic eats tend to be somewhat weak unless you go deep into suburbia.
Just anecdotal, but I am in DC monthly for business, and have a hard time finding good non-fancy meals. Your random Thai place or Italian restaurant will be, relatively lacking (esp. in prime areas like Dupont Circle and Georgetown).
The restaurant scene in D.C. is in mid-city and uptown neighborhoods. It's NOT in old downtown D.C. neighborhoods like Dupont Circle, Georgetown, Penn Quarter, Foggy Bottom, or Golden Triangle. That's really what I meant by the stigma of the old D.C. and how people are very outdated. No offense, but you actually just proved my point. What parts of the city are you exploring to eat?
Petworth?
Adams Morgan?
Columbia Heights?
Bloomingdale?
Mount Pleasant?
Brookland?
L.A. ain't in the top 5 really. I know the top 4 in some order are New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and New Orleans. After that, you can make a case for Las Vegas, Boston, Charleston SC, Miami, Philadelphia, and Houston being ahead of Los Angeles.
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