CityFunIndex

Leaderboard

Best cities for eats

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by its Eats score. Restaurants, food halls and the depth of the dining scene.

Cities ranked
134
Top score
93
Average
49

Pillar scores are national percentile ranks on a saturation curve, so the leader of every category lands near the same ceiling — the ranks beneath are still distinct. See how scoring works →

Gatlinburg (93) leads, ahead of Stowe (92) and Park City (92). Hialeah anchors the bottom at 0 — a 93-point gap.

Regional read The top 10 spans 9 different states — no single state dominates this board.

All 134 cities, coloured by eats score band. The top-ranked cities draw larger.

  • Quiet
  • Some Fun
  • Fun
  • Very Fun
  • Exceptional

Score spread across all 134 cities

  • Quiet 40
  • Some Fun 26
  • Fun 27
  • Very Fun 21
  • Exceptional 20
  1. 1st 93 Gatlinburg, TN Fun Score 71
  2. T-2nd 92 Stowe, VT Fun Score 44
  3. T-2nd 92 Park City, UT Fun Score 74
  4. T-2nd 92 Telluride, CO Fun Score 77

Ranked 5–134

  1. T#5 91 Key West, FL Fun Score 71
  2. T#5 91 Sedona, AZ Fun Score 55
  3. T#5 91 Jackson, WY Fun Score 87
  4. T#8 90 Asheville, NC Fun Score 85
  5. T#8 90 Aspen, CO Fun Score 67
  6. T#8 90 San Francisco, CA Fun Score 96
  7. T#11 89 Portland, ME Fun Score 100
  8. T#11 89 Honolulu, HI Fun Score 86
  9. T#13 88 Hilton Head Island, SC Fun Score 58
  10. T#13 88 Santa Fe, NM Fun Score 63
  11. T#13 88 Santa Barbara, CA Fun Score 83
  12. T#16 87 Seattle, WA Fun Score 100
  13. T#16 87 Portland, OR Fun Score 81
  14. T#18 86 Charleston, SC Fun Score 87
  15. T#18 86 Washington, DC Fun Score 93
  16. #20 85 Richmond, VA Fun Score 91
  17. T#21 84 Pittsburgh, PA Fun Score 94
  18. T#21 84 Denver, CO Fun Score 82
  19. T#23 83 Burlington, VT Fun Score 73
  20. T#23 83 Boulder, CO Fun Score 77
  21. #25 82 New Orleans, LA Fun Score 64
  22. #26 81 Atlanta, GA Fun Score 88
  23. T#27 80 Scottsdale, AZ Fun Score 46
  24. T#27 80 Oakland, CA Fun Score 61
  25. #29 79 St. Louis, MO Fun Score 65
  26. #30 78 Boston, MA Fun Score 98
  27. T#31 77 Minneapolis, MN Fun Score 84
  28. T#31 77 Manchester, NH Fun Score 55
  29. #33 76 Austin, TX Fun Score 67
  30. #34 75 Cincinnati, OH Fun Score 92
  31. T#35 74 Madison, WI Fun Score 97
  32. T#35 74 Bend, OR Fun Score 80
  33. #37 73 Colorado Springs, CO Fun Score 51
  34. #38 72 Baltimore, MD Fun Score 76
  35. T#39 71 San Diego, CA Fun Score 74
  36. T#39 71 Tampa, FL Fun Score 70
  37. #41 70 Savannah, GA Fun Score 75
  38. #42 69 New York, NY Fun Score 54
  39. T#43 68 Greensboro, NC Fun Score 59
  40. T#43 68 Plano, TX Fun Score 40
  41. #45 67 Billings, MT Fun Score 60
  42. #46 66 Orlando, FL Fun Score 65
  43. T#47 65 Reno, NV Fun Score 66
  44. T#47 65 Boise, ID Fun Score 80
  45. #49 64 Chicago, IL Fun Score 56
  46. #50 63 Virginia Beach, VA Fun Score 49
  47. T#51 62 Raleigh, NC Fun Score 64
  48. T#51 62 Albuquerque, NM Fun Score 41
  49. #53 61 Kansas City, MO Fun Score 65
  50. #54 60 Chandler, AZ Fun Score 41
  51. T#55 59 Providence, RI Fun Score 78
  52. T#55 59 St. Petersburg, FL Fun Score 46
  53. #57 58 Aurora, CO Fun Score 37
  54. #58 57 Tulsa, OK Fun Score 51
  55. T#59 56 Spokane, WA Fun Score 63
  56. T#59 56 Jersey City, NJ Fun Score 43
  57. #61 55 Charlotte, NC Fun Score 54
  58. #62 54 Charleston, WV Fun Score 61
  59. T#63 53 San Jose, CA Fun Score 62
  60. T#63 53 Norfolk, VA Fun Score 56
  61. #65 52 Mesa, AZ Fun Score 36
  62. #66 51 Gilbert, AZ Fun Score 31
  63. T#67 50 Fremont, CA Fun Score 54
  64. T#67 50 Columbus, OH Fun Score 60
  65. #69 49 Nashville, TN Fun Score 60
  66. #70 48 Durham, NC Fun Score 64
  67. T#71 47 Lexington, KY Fun Score 69
  68. T#71 47 Chesapeake, VA Fun Score 44
  69. #73 46 Miami, FL Fun Score 55
  70. #74 45 Saint Paul, MN Fun Score 64
  71. T#75 44 Napa, CA Fun Score 52
  72. T#75 44 Fresno, CA Fun Score 23
  73. #77 43 Cleveland, OH Fun Score 77
  74. #78 42 Tucson, AZ Fun Score 47
  75. T#79 41 Anchorage, AK Fun Score 36
  76. T#79 41 Lubbock, TX Fun Score 32
  77. #81 40 Sacramento, CA Fun Score 54
  78. #82 39 Dallas, TX Fun Score 38
  79. T#83 38 Omaha, NE Fun Score 68
  80. T#83 38 Milwaukee, WI Fun Score 70
  81. #85 37 Long Beach, CA Fun Score 31
  82. #86 36 Des Moines, IA Fun Score 74
  83. T#87 35 Los Angeles, CA Fun Score 38
  84. T#87 35 Fort Wayne, IN Fun Score 49
  85. #89 34 Houston, TX Fun Score 41
  86. #90 33 Lincoln, NE Fun Score 74
  87. T#91 32 Louisville, KY Fun Score 55
  88. T#91 32 Fargo, ND Fun Score 48
  89. #93 31 Buffalo, NY Fun Score 77
  90. #94 30 Oklahoma City, OK Fun Score 25
  91. T#95 29 Riverside, CA Fun Score 21
  92. T#95 29 Indianapolis, IN Fun Score 48
  93. #97 28 Irvine, CA Fun Score 57
  94. #98 27 Little Rock, AR Fun Score 47
  95. T#99 26 Philadelphia, PA Fun Score 45
  96. T#99 26 Bridgeport, CT Fun Score 41
  97. #101 25 Irving, TX Fun Score 20
  98. #102 24 Detroit, MI Fun Score 45
  99. T#103 23 San Antonio, TX Fun Score 22
  100. T#103 23 Toledo, OH Fun Score 45
  101. #105 22 Baton Rouge, LA Fun Score 28
  102. #106 21 Glendale, AZ Fun Score 10
  103. T#107 20 Henderson, NV Fun Score 13
  104. T#107 20 Birmingham, AL Fun Score 58
  105. #109 19 Phoenix, AZ Fun Score 40
  106. #110 18 Santa Clarita, CA Fun Score 30
  107. T#111 17 Winston-Salem, NC Fun Score 32
  108. T#111 17 El Paso, TX Fun Score 21
  109. #113 16 Bismarck, ND Fun Score 26
  110. #114 15 Wichita, KS Fun Score 15
  111. T#115 14 Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 35
  112. T#115 14 Sioux Falls, SD Fun Score 40
  113. #117 13 Fort Worth, TX Fun Score 18
  114. #118 12 Arlington, TX Fun Score 17
  115. T#119 11 Newark, NJ Fun Score 36
  116. T#119 11 Memphis, TN Fun Score 14
  117. #121 10 Anaheim, CA Fun Score 41
  118. #122 9 Jacksonville, FL Fun Score 19
  119. T#123 8 Hartford, CT Fun Score 64
  120. T#123 8 Corpus Christi, TX Fun Score 20
  121. #125 7 Wilmington, DE Fun Score 50
  122. #126 6 Laredo, TX Fun Score 10
  123. T#127 5 Bakersfield, CA Fun Score 0
  124. T#127 5 Santa Ana, CA Fun Score 32
  125. #129 4 Garland, TX Fun Score 0
  126. #130 3 Montgomery, AL Fun Score 41
  127. T#131 2 Jackson, MS Fun Score 25
  128. T#131 2 Stockton, CA Fun Score 2
  129. #133 1 North Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 4
  130. #134 0 Hialeah, FL Fun Score 18

Eats is measured from OpenStreetMap restaurant counts, with Google Places ratings adjusting for venue quality.