This East Bay city is No. 1 in 2025 ranking of best U.S. food destinations

For those who plan their traveling around food there s a new gastronomic ranking that puts Bay Area cities way up there The readers of Conde Nast Traveler have weighed in for its annual trip awards and in the category of food cities Oakland takes first place while San Francisco scores fifth Also placing in the top cities are to no surprise New Orleans and Chicago and perhaps to slight surprise burgs in Ohio and Hawaii Chiming in with more than 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 San Francisco ranked for its farm-to-table cuisine and Pacific seafood as well as the offerings from the oldest Chinatown in America Also in California San Diego came in th place for its Filipino food fish tacos and craft-brew industry Here are the first on the list for the full accounting check out the readers awards The best U S food cities in from CN Traveler Readers Choice Awards Oakland New Orleans Milwaukee Chicago 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 Lexington Ky Columbus Ohio Santa Fe N M New York City San Diego Source https www cntraveler com gallery best-food-cities-in-the-us-readers-choice-awards