Washington D.C vs Atlanta for foodies? (best, better, compared)
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So a while ago I made a thread for D.C vs Philly for foodies. I was mildly surprised that Philly ran away with that poll. I figured I'd compare D.C to a different city. I know D.C and Atlanta have been compared a lot in various areas. However I've never seen them compared for "which has the better food scene". I'm genuinely curious. I know both have come a long way in the past decade.
So a while ago I made a thread for D.C vs Philly for foodies. I was mildly surprised that Philly ran away with that poll. I figured I'd compare D.C to a different city. I know D.C and Atlanta have been compared a lot in various areas. However I've never seen them compared for "which has the better food scene". I'm genuinely curious. I know both have come a long way in the past decade.
Metro DC is 332.2 restaurants per 100,000 people. #1 in the country. The demographics are middle/upper middle class that fund a strong restaurant scene. Years ago, it used to be a steakhouse town but it's now all about diversity and the multicultural population. You can find good examples of pretty much any cuisine and you're not paying New York prices for it. As a foodie, I would think that's the metric you want to use.
My Atlanta life experience is in the city around the convention center which is kind of a foodie wasteland and in the affluent tech area north of the city. I've never found the level of diverse cuisine that is all over metro DC.
Very familiar with both metros and love both dearly. Taking in consideration the BALANCE of the number of non-chain restaurants, different price levels, uniqueness, great tasting food, and across the board variety, I've got to go with Atlanta. Both do well, but Atlanta offers the best balance of everything I'm looking for in this comparison.
Metro DC is 332.2 restaurants per 100,000 people. #1 in the country. The demographics are middle/upper middle class that fund a strong restaurant scene. Years ago, it used to be a steakhouse town but it's now all about diversity and the multicultural population. You can find good examples of pretty much any cuisine and you're not paying New York prices for it. As a foodie, I would think that's the metric you want to use.
My Atlanta life experience is in the city around the convention center which is kind of a foodie wasteland and in the affluent tech area north of the city. I've never found the level of diverse cuisine that is all over metro DC.
I don’t know about this part. It’s pretty damn expensive.
ATL punches up based on the size of the city. I feel the same way about Charleston and New Orleans, which to me, host an even better and more distinguishable culinary scene than Atlanta.
DC just has more, and more variety. Feel like eating some good Filipino/Manila Lechon? Hit Bad Saint. Feeling good Persian? Library. Awesome Ethipoian? Chercher. Jewish Deli? GW. Examples of almost any cuisine spread across the city, often done pretty well too.
DC is an International and Domestic cultural melting pot, Atlanta is not quite that.
DC wins by a lot. Atlanta does not even have good options downtown.
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