Food & Beverage

Do you live in one of the best foodie cities in the US?

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October 4, 2021

If you happen to live in Portland, Oregon then you're living in the top foodie city of America.

That's according to a WalletHub report on this year's top 20 best food cities in the U.S.

Coming in second is Orlando, Florida and Miami is right behind in third place.

Landing at the end of the top 20 list is Houston, Texas.

The report, coming ahead of World Food Day on Oct. 16, compared more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities using 29 key metrics. Those metrics include affordability and food festivals per capita as well as craft breweries and wineries per capita, according to a press release.

Here is the full list:

1. Portland, OR
2. Orlando, FL
3. Miami, FL
4. San Francisco, CA
5. Austin, TX
6. Sacramento, CA
7. Denver, CO
8. Las Vegas, NV
9. Seattle, WA
10. Tampa, FL
11. Los Angeles, CA
12. San Diego, CA
13. Portland, ME
14. Oakland, CA
15. Washington, DC
16. St. Louis, MO
17. Grand Rapids, MI
18. Chicago, IL
19. Atlanta, GA
20. Houston, TX

Additional findings from the report include:

• Orlando, Florida, has the most gourmet specialty-food stores (per square root of population), 0.4529, which is 19.4 times more than in Pearl City, Hawaii, the city with the fewest at 0.0234.
• Orlando, Florida, has the most restaurants (per square root of population), 7.23, which is 18.1 times more than in Pearl City, Hawaii, the city with the fewest at 0.40.
• Orlando, Florida, has the most ice cream and frozen yogurt shops (per square root of population), 0.3566, which is 49.5 times more than in South Burlington, Vermont, the city with the fewest at 0.0072.
• Santa Rosa, California, has the highest ratio of full-service restaurants to fast-food establishments, 1.72, which is 3.2 times higher than in Jackson, Mississippi, the city with the lowest at 0.54.