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2 weeks agoSF crumbles in ranking of the best pastry cities in the country
Los Angeles is ranked as the top pastry city in the U.S. for its exceptional flaky pastries and fluffy cakes.
The donut is a uniquely American food. You may find glorious bundles of fried dough that originated elsewhere in the world, especially in the Netherlands; after all, the Dutch are believed to have first introduced donuts to America (though they called them something akin to oily cakes-much less appetizing). But those lookalikes are mostly fritters or beignets, which have a distinctively different aura.
The city's highest entry was in second place. That's right, the second-best burger on the entire planet is to be found in London. The Bleecker Burger, from the London restaurant chain of the same name, was lauded for being 'laser-focused on the essentials'. The judges even said that 'it is probably the best burger patty we have tried in the last 12 months', and they eat a lot of burgers.