With Oct. 16 being World Food Day and restaurant prices rising 3.9% between August 2024 and August 2025, the personal-finance company WalletHub today released its report on 2025’s Best Foodie Cities in America, as well as expert commentary.
To determine the best and cheapest local foodie scenes, WalletHub compared more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities across 28 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. Miami, FL | 11. Atlanta, GA | |
| 2. Portland, OR | 12. Denver, CO | |
| 3. San Francisco, CA | 13. Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 4. Seattle, WA | 14. St. Louis, MO | |
| 5. Orlando, FL | 15. Houston, TX | |
| 6. Austin, TX | 16. Los Angeles, CA | |
| 7. Tampa, FL | 17. Milwaukee, WI | |
| 8. Las Vegas, NV | 18. Richmond, VA | |
| 9. Sacramento, CA | 19. Cincinnati, OH | |
| 10. San Diego, CA | 20. Washington, DC |
Best vs. Worst
- St. Louis has the most gourmet specialty-food stores (per square root of population), which is 11.8 times more than in Pearl City, Hawaii, the city with the fewest.
- Las Vegas has the most restaurants (per square root of population), which is 21.1 times more than in Pearl City, Hawaii, the city with the fewest.
- Cape Coral, Florida, has the highest ratio of full-service restaurants to fast-food establishments, which is three times higher than in Jackson, Mississippi, the city with the lowest.
- Orlando, Florida, has the most ice cream and frozen yogurt shops (per square root of population), which is 61.5 times more than in South Burlington, Vermont, the city with the fewest.
To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/