re: Great food cities other than the obvious

Most all America's top ten to twelve have been mentioned in this thread. But, of some missed..

Atlanta..Sure I kid it to friends that live there, and there are lean pickins out in it's surrounding burbs. But, Downtown & Buckhead, there are solid options, some southern, some sexy.

Washington-DC..Many great steakhouses and plenty of ethnic international dining.

Also, wherever there is plenty of money, there is solid dining, thus some overlooked due to their smaller populaces. But, very lb-for-lb strong, many winter and summer vacation haunts, some of which are very liberal and kitschy, that make for attractive residences to the many free spirits that are chefs and service industry folks..

Sun Valley/Hailey-Id, Jackson Hole-Wyo, Park City-Ut, Stowe-Vt, Bend-Ore, Breckenridge-Colo, Carmel/Big Sur-Ca, Wine Country-Ca, Charleston already mentioned, Bar Harbor-Maine, Hilton Head-SC, Sante Fe-NM, etc..

not big but possibly a little bit obvious, Lexington, NC has the best barbecue you can find anywhere

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Breckenridge-Colo

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nothing has ever blew me away here. maybe im missing something

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i dare you to post that in a food truck thread

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Sounds like Stu has already discussed his distaste for them

Like I said, they have their place. I do think that it's a craze right now that will fizzle out though. I occasionally notice some statements that get made on food network or similar programming that tend to have some influence on popular food culture.

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Lafayette has better restaurants then some cities 10x its size.


Such as?

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Sounds like Stu has already discussed his distaste for them

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I have actually, and none of you bastards were around

atlanta has a cool up and coming food scene

Atlanta mentioned a few times, but I just don't see it.

The Here to Serve chain is good, but not spectacular. Same with the Buckhead life group.

All the "great" restaurants here are in the very expensive range.

To be a great food city there has to be a large number of really great mid price places, and I just don't know that they are here.

do you consider places like abattoir, miller union, horseradish grill, south city kitchen, babette's cafe or iberian pig to be "in the expensive range"? the majority of the entrees at all these places and others i have eaten at in atlanta range from $20-25, and there are many more places similar to these...i also feel that there is a great selection of "ethnic" foods, as well as places like west egg cafe that hold their own with much smaller areas when it comes to pricing. i guess everyone has their idea of what constitutes a "great" restaurant, and i don't know if the places i've listed would be on anyone else's list, but i've had great experiences at all of them.

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Las Vegas (in more recent years)

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Meh. Mostly second rate extensions of "name" restaurants from NYC, N.O. and S.F. I've tried a bunch of them, and have been somewhat underwhelmed. Plus they are so determined to turn the table for the next seating it's distracting.

The best Las Vegas restaurant I've tried is Rosemary's. It was opened by some people from the old Peristyle in N.O. It's a bit of a trek from The Strip but it's pretty solid.