If you love to eat, what city would do it for you?

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Ramathorn

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Has Vegas passed NYC and LA? Also, given the fact that Houston has the best Tex-Mex and bbq among major cities to go along with the other stuff, does it have the best variety? I know many Houstonians believe it is just behind NYC and LA.


I've been reading about Vegas and the restaurants they have their seem incredible, but obviously too expensive for the average person. You'd have to think Seattle, San Fran, and Miami are easily in the top ten.



No list from me. I haven't been to enough cities to give an educated list.

Feel free to post your top 5 or ten.
 
I'll be living in NYC for another year. When I fly back to Houston or Austin the thing I look forward to most is the food. I've been to various places in NYC that the locals say are musts, and been disappointed by all but the Argentinian steakhouse I found on my own. The pizza is consistently good, but other than that, meh.

I can't give you a list, 'cause my travels have been light, just wanted to add my $.02 on NYC.
 
soft, have you ever been to Luger's? NYC, and this is stating the obvious, is loaded with great great places to eat.
 
I guess since San Antonio has passed Dallas as the 2nd largest city in Texas it would be considered major. I'm no food expert by any means, but I know what I like and as far as quality and availability of Mexican food is concerned, I would rate them above any other city anywhere in that regard.
 
1) New Orleans
2) San Antonio
3) San Francisco

Of cities I have visited/lived in.
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1. San Francisco- Anything under the sun.
2. Seattle- San Francisco without any quality Mexican food.
3. New Orleans
4. NYC
5. Miami
6. Chicago

From what I've seen of Texas (namely Dallas and Houston) I wouldn't put them near the top 10. Wayyyyyy too many chain restaurants in Texas for my tastes.

Biases: Favorite food is Pan-Asian but I'll eat anything.
 
For a city to qualify as a good city for food it has to be a melting pot of ethnicities/nationalities, right? Having nearly any type of food should be an intial qualifier, right? Ethiopian to Japanese to Pakistani to Argentianian to Irish to Vietnamese to good old BBQ and American steak and everything in between. Nearly every country should be represented in some form at a restaurant in the area. The food should also be authentic prepared by natives from those regions.
 
Found this on MSNBC:The Link

Top 10 cities in no order:
Barcelona
Brussels
Tokyo
Hanoi (really????)
New York
San Francisco
Vancouver (I'd agree with this...Canada's melting pot)
Las Vegas
Rome
Lyon

I've spent a lot of time in Vegas due to various conferences and always come away disappointed. The food is expensive, the ambience exciting but the flavor is lacking. You get Sushi and it tastes old. You get French and it is more style than substance. Italian? That's easy to get anywhere.
 
SH...you just described Houston. I don't think Houston's big on Pan Asian currently, but the authentic stuff is so good.
 
SH, believe me, I am no advocate for Houston, but you just described it. If you factor in bbq and Mexican, I think Houston has the best variety. Well, you gotta look at Miami as well. And, they do most fine dining stuff as well as alot of the big boys.


San Antonio doesn't have enough variety.
 
houston's tex mex and bbq is probably good, but no way it holds a candle to san antonio.

i am perfectly happy with the food in my hometown. it is fabulous.

i'd have to put an Italian city second.
 
bamonte's in brooklyn is my all time fave.
miami is more cuban than tex mex.
i've been thoroughly ripped apart in the past for saying this but, i wasn't floored by the food in paris. i'd take san fran over it for sure. in fact, i'd take a few cities over paris.
 
NYC has a damned Hill Country BBQ joint that serves lone star for chrissake (www.hillcountryny.com/). you can get anything in NYC.

Because I'm from Texas and value southern food, I'd say Houston at 2nd.

Everything in Europe is off just enough that I don't really really enjoy anything, but maybe I'm a rube.


...and Vegas? I think any city has to have at least ONE truly authentic cuisine to be considered.
 
I am surprised to see D.C. not more represented. You have every culture of human in that city and food to satisfy them. It is a compact city and very easy to get around in. A massive dose of culture and easy to find.

I would say, in no particular order:

Washington, D.C.
New York
Los Angeles
Miami
San Fran
Vegas
 
paris/san francisco/italy/austin/portland/LV/eastern europe...

I love sushi but am sure tokyo-or some cool japanese college town should be there..
 
I have a place in my belly for Singapore. Just love the straights cuisine, and the overall food scene, from fancy restaurants, to small one in shopping centers, to food hawkers, to the little joints with plastic chairs and mom and pop in shorts. Butter shrimp and baby kai lan, with a cold Tiger, yeah. Have been there 30+ times and always put eating at the top of the itinerary.

I do love eating in Houston and Austin. Just such an easy thing to do. Maria's to Trulocks, Mark's to Onion Creek, just all kinds of stuff and styles.

My mouth waters at the thought of Chicago, as well. Gino's East and Lou Malnatti's, Bob Chinns, dogs, prime rib, mmmmm.

I'm sure all the places listed here are great. I do like my familiar haunts. Of course I'm always on a diet.
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Houston dining is beyond awesome, but not for either Tex Mex or BBQ. In fact our BBQ by and large sucks *** for a city of this sie and dining magnitude. Out Tex Mex is good, but not really any better or worse than any other big city in Texas. Now if you want to get into steak houses, fine dining, mom and pops, ethnic fare, whatever we got it in spades, and we have the lard asses patrolling the streets to prove it. Dining here is just incredible.
 
Just to put a different spin on this thread I would like to nominate my top 5 places that I have lived in or visited enough to make a decent observation. Top factors are high food quality and low food price.

San Fran bay area : you can get anything from Italian to Hawai/Thai fusion to BBQ for under $12, I used to love lunch time when I lived there.

NYC : More expensive than San Fran but worth the price

DC : Great variety and reasonable prices outside of downtown

Austin : Needs less chain restaurants and more authentic Asian food. The Chinese sux here, give me some authentic szechwan dammit!! Some very good local joints around.

Miami : I guess I was too poor to afford even the modestly priced decent restaurants. Had a few hot dishes, not talking about food.
 
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