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NYC, San Francisco, and New Orleans. 3 truly world-class food cities.
Most overrated city for food: Chicago.
Italian beef aint that great, don't like celery salt, and I prefer NYC style pizza. Not mention, the diversity and freshness of food in SF and NYC blows Chicago out of the water.
NYC, San Francisco, and New Orleans. 3 truly world-class food cities.
Most overrated city for food: Chicago.
Italian beef aint that great, don't like celery salt, and I prefer NYC style pizza. Not mention, the diversity and freshness of food in SF and NYC blows Chicago out of the water.
Seattle has great food if you like fresh produce, seafood , game and gourmet ethnic food.
If you like junk food or mom and pop ethnic food of every possible variety, there is no place like LA.
IMO, San Francisco is the most consistant food city Ive ever been too. It has great Mexican, Thai, Chinese, Middle-Eastern, Seafood, cheap street eats, fine dining...Also, districts like the Marina and the Mission are just packed with amazing restaurants. From what Ive heard from people who have lived in both SF and Chicago, Chicago beats it for pizza, sandwiches, and hot dogs. But for everything else (sushi, mexican, seafood, chinese, American fine dining, etc.) San Francisco wins...
NY and Chicago....pizza
Philly....cheesesteaks
Atlanta and Birmingham...great southern food
Houston and San Antonio......Southwestern style dishes
Seattle and SF....Chinese
Those are some of the areas in which I have experienced good food.
NYC, San Francisco, and New Orleans. 3 truly world-class food cities.
Most overrated city for food: Chicago.
Italian beef aint that great, don't like celery salt, and I prefer NYC style pizza. Not mention, the diversity and freshness of food in SF and NYC blows Chicago out of the water.
Oh I LOVE Italian Beef...I've never had real NYC pizza, but loved Chicago's Deep Dish...We had alot of great food in Chicago
1. NYC: Offers the best variety ranging from Ethnic to High End, there is not one ethnic variety of food that is not represented in NY.
2. SF: Like NYC great variety and has the advantage of having a longer growing season for local cuisine. Also there is a reason why the Michelin board only has a report for SF and NYC, both cities set the trend in the country when it comes to fine dining.
3. Los Angeles: Like SF has the advantage of a longer growing season and great produce available year round. Represents itself quite nicely in many ethnic varieties (Thai, Korean, Vietnamese) and most notably Mexican cooking where you can find up to 30 different types of regional Mexican cuisine.
4. New Orleans: Pre or Post Katrina NOLA has been a trend setter in the US restaurant scene. Unmatched nationwide when it comes to Creole and Cajun cooking. Great produce year round and access to the gulf that produces great Oysters, Soft Shell Crab and Crawfish. In addition it is one of the premier and trendsetting cities for cocktail craft.
5. Chicago/Boston: 5th is a tie in my opinion. Chicago like NYC has such a great variety of ethnic and regional favorites (Great Mexican, Thai, Polish, Swedish) also having access in the summer to all the great produce in the midwest is helpful also. Boston is also in the mix because first and foremost having unmatched access to Northern Atlantic seafood. The variety of Oysters that you see at the restaurants are unmatched nationwide. In addition many of the High End restaurants are cooking at a Michelin star level (Read the reviews on O YA and L'Espalier for example) You will also find certain ethnic varieties that are rare elsewhere- Cape Verdan, Nepalese, Cambodian (only other place is Cali) and Portuguese that is not even available in NYC to the extent it is in Boston. Also Food and Wine and Esquire magazine think Boston is becoming the 2nd best cocktail craft city in the nation after NOLA.
I agree with Mattncind, especially on LA. LA is definitely on the top list for food, especially if you're talking huge varieties of foods from different regions/cultures from around the world. Mexican food of all types is obviously major, but so, too, are the Chinese options, and I've been to some pretty good Armenian places.
It's hard to find good pizza in LA or SF. It's there, but you have to look really hard.
NYC, San Francisco, and New Orleans. 3 truly world-class food cities.
Most overrated city for food: Chicago.
Italian beef aint that great, don't like celery salt, and I prefer NYC style pizza. Not mention, the diversity and freshness of food in SF and NYC blows Chicago out of the water.
LOL--so in other words, this whole thread is a basis for you to slam Chicago. Nicely done.
GQ rated Chicago the number one city for food. Forbes rated us number two. Who cares though? I would rather chomp on a dog dragged through the garden than foie gras or caviar anyway. You don't find me many of Chicago's (many, many) fine dining restaurants. They are a little too pretentious for my taste.
The one place I got the best service, and food, was at McCormick & Schmick's in Philly. We had this server named Ron. If you ever get a chance to go there, ask for him by name. It was the greatest dining experience I have ever enjoyed, no joke.
In the Chi, the Tavern on Rush is great. It's even greater if you have Mafia ties. Then you get all the VIP treatment.
San Francisco is the most overrated city for food in the country! If you like mediocre food at crowded restaurants with lackadaisical service this is the place for you. The worst is the Mexican food in SF. Every burrito stuffed with cheap filler rice. This is not found anywhere else in California. The Mexican food in San Diego is 10 times better.
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