WalletHub: Denver Is 2021’s 7th Best Foodie City in America

With Oct. 16 being World Food Day and restaurant prices rising 5.4% between July 2020 and July 2021, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2021’s Best Foodie Cities in America, as well as accompanying videos and expert commentary.

To determine the best and cheapest local foodie scenes, WalletHub compared more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities across 29 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.

Foodie-Friendliness of Denver (1=Best; 91=Avg.):

• 33^rd – Avg. Beer & Wine Price
• 21^st – Restaurants per Capita
• 1^st – Affordability & Accessibility of Highly Rated Restaurants
• 18^th – Gourmet Specialty-Food Stores per Capita
• 1^st – Craft Breweries & Wineries per Capita
• 37^th – Coffee & Tea Shops per Capita
• 40^th – Number of Grocery Stores per Capita
• 16^th – % of Residents Who Are Fully Vaccinated

Source: WalletHub