This East Bay city is No. 1 in 2025 ranking of best U.S. food destinations
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This East Bay city is No. 1 in 2025 ranking of best U.S. food destinations
"Also placing in the top 15 cities are (to no surprise) New Orleans and Chicago, and (perhaps to slight surprise) burgs in Ohio and Hawaii. Chiming in with more than 750,000 votes, the readers praised Oakland's Temescal neighborhood, specifically for the restaurants Burdell and Pizzaiolo, and the Fruitvale District for its taco trucks and the best birria in the country."
"The best U.S. food cities in 2025, from CN Traveler Readers' Choice Awards 1 Oakland 2 New Orleans 3 Milwaukee 4 Chicago 5 San Francisco Blackened fish over grits is served by chef Geoff Davis at Burdell, a soul food restaurant in Oakland's Temescal neighborhood. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) 6 Lexington, Ky. 7 Columbus, Ohio 8 Santa Fe, N.M. 9 New York City 10 San Diego"
More than 750,000 votes determined the 2025 best U.S. food cities. Oakland placed first and San Francisco placed fifth. Voters praised Oakland's Temescal neighborhood for restaurants Burdell and Pizzaiolo and the Fruitvale District for taco trucks and outstanding birria. San Francisco earned recognition for farm-to-table cuisine, Pacific seafood, and offerings from the nation's oldest Chinatown. San Diego placed tenth for Filipino cuisine, fish tacos, and its craft-brew industry. The top ten list includes New Orleans, Milwaukee, Chicago, Lexington (Ky.), Columbus (Ohio), Santa Fe, and New York City.
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