To determine the best and cheapest local foodie scenes, WalletHub compared more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities across 24 key metrics. The data set ranges from affordability and accessibility of high-quality restaurants to food festivals per capita to craft breweries and wineries per capita.
| Top 20 Foodie Cities in America | |||||
| 1 | San Francisco, CA | 11 | Tampa, FL | ||
| 2 | Portland, OR | 12 | Atlanta, GA | ||
| 3 | New York, NY | 13 | Chicago, IL | ||
| 4 | Los Angeles, CA | 14 | Philadelphia, PA | ||
| 5 | Miami, FL | 15 | Sacramento, CA | ||
| 6 | Orlando, FL | 16 | Houston, TX | ||
| 7 | Austin, TX | 17 | St. Louis, MO | ||
| 8 | Las Vegas, NV | 18 | Denver, CO | ||
| 9 | San Diego, CA | 19 | Washington, DC | ||
| 10 | Seattle, WA | 20 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
Source: WalletHub
