Best Foodie City In America? (Atlanta, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago)

[DrPizza]

Which city has the best restaurants (McDonald's counts ) that are worth the price?

[annie_himself]

I would imagine it's NYC, NO, SF, and LA. All others are imposters.

[DistrictDirt]

LA dominates the cheap ethnic food game. At the higher end, probably SF or NYC

[Bobloblawslawblog]

New Haven? Why is that part of the poll?

[DrPizza]

Originally Posted by Bobloblawslawblog

New Haven? Why is that part of the poll?

New Haven was rated the 3rd best in America, behind NYC and New Orleans.

[Bobloblawslawblog]

Interesting. Much has changed since I lived in New Haven, I guess.

[DistrictDirt]

Originally Posted by Computergeek

New Haven was rated the 3rd best in America, behind NYC and New Orleans.

Rated by whom?

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by Computergeek

New Haven was rated the 3rd best in America, behind NYC and New Orleans.

In this world?

[DistrictDirt]

Bon Appetit magazine just released their 50 nominees for best new restaurant in 2014:

Acorn (Denver, CO)
Arden & Harlow (Cambridge, MA)
Birch (Providence, RI)
Blackbrick Chinese (Miami, FL)
CBD Provisions (Dallas, TX)
Central Provisions (Portland, ME)
Coltivare (Houston, TX)
Cured (San Antonio, TX)
Davenport (Portland, OR)
Eat the Rich/Mockingbird Hill/Southern Efficiency (Washington, DC)
Edmund's Oast (Charleston, SC)
El Camino (Louisville, KY)
Estela (New York City, NY)
Expatriate (Portland, OR)
Grand Central Market (Los Angeles, CA)
Gunshow (Atlanta, GA)
High Street on Market (Philadelphia, PA)
Hot Joy (San Antonio, TX)
Kin Khao (San Francisco, CA)
London Plane (Seattle, WA)
Luksus (New York City, NY)
Lusca (Atlanta, GA)
Maurice (Portland, OR)
MoPho (New Orleans, LA)
Mott Street (Chicago, IL)
Nico Osteria (Chicago, IL)
Night Market Song (Los Angeles, CA)
Novel (Kansas City, MO)
Odd Duck (Austin, TX)
Orsa & Winston (Los Angeles, CA)
Palace Diner (Biddeford, ME)
The Pig and the Lady (Honolulu, HI)
Q (Los Angeles, CA)
Qui (Austin, TX)
Rhubarb (Asheville, NC)
Ribelle (Brookline, MA)
Row 34 (Boston, MA)
Rose's Luxury (Washington, DC)
Rose's Meat Market and Sewet Shop (Durham, NC)
Sarma (Somerville, MA)
Serpico (Philadelphia, PA)
Sir and Star (Olema, CA)
Sobban (Decatur, GA)
Sushi Nakazawa (New York City, NY)
Thai-Kun (Austin, TX)
Tosca (San Francisco, CA)
Travail and the Rookery (Robbinsdale, MN)
Trois Mec (Los Angeles, CA)
Uncle Boon's (New York City, NY)
Westward and Little Gull (Seattle, WA)

I'll leave it to you guys to parse out any kind meaning or ranking from that list.

[Hawaii4evr]

New Orleans is what I voted for because in addition to its own melting-pot of cultures that create a unique regional cuisine that is world-renowned, it has pretty good ethnic fare as well (particularly Middle Eastern, Nicaraguan, and Vietnamese). In terms of high-scale fine dining or European cuisines, NYC wins. In terms of cheap but very good ethnic foods, Los Angeles is king. For seafood and Chinese, San Francisco and the Bay Area come out on top easily.

Never heard much about New Haven, much less its food scene.