City guides
A short guide to each of the food cities Forktune covers in depth — what they do best, what the wheel is likely to land on, and how to get the most out of the filters in each one.
New York
Five boroughs, 25,000+ restaurants, cuisine from every country. Pizza belt to Italian corridor to Michelin tasting menus.
Chicago
Deep dish, tavern-cut, and Alinea-level fine dining. Steakhouses, Italian beef, and the country's first Filipino Michelin star.
Los Angeles
Strip-mall Korean BBQ, taco trucks, kaiseki, and world-class Italian. The best Mexican food outside of Mexico.
San Francisco
Mission burritos, sourdough temples, Chinatown depth, and a Michelin ladder that punches above the city's small footprint.
Austin
Franklin brisket, breakfast tacos, and a fine-dining scene that finally has Michelin attention. Food trucks that grew up.
Boston
North End Italian, Neptune oysters, and the modern Ana Sortun–style Mediterranean wave. Walkable and old-school.