What Are The Best Foodie Cities In California?

Love good food? Then California is one of the best places to be. Three California cities were ranked among the top 10 best in the country for foodies by the personal finance website WalletHub, with one city from the Golden State topping the list.

The Best Foodie Cities in America list compared more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities across 24 key metrics of foodie-friendliness. The rankings also expanded upon the term "foodie." According to WalletHub, "foodie culture" isn't limited to gourmet dining. It includes affordable food and food purchased at the grocery store.

San Francisco came in as the best foodie city in the country, according to WalletHub. Portland, New York, Los Angeles and Miami rounded out the top five.

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San Francisco tied for first in the most breweries and wineries, as well as the most coffee shops per capita. The city ranked fourth in the most gourmet speciality-food stores per capita and fifth in the number of restaurants per capita.

Los Angeles, which ranked fourth on the list overall, ranked first in the affordability and accessibility of highly-rated restaurants, third in gourmet specialty-food stores per capita and fifth in coffee shops per capita.

San Diego was also ranked among the top 10 best foodie cities, landing in the ninth spot. America's Finest City tied for first in the most breweries and wineries per capita.

See how the rest of the California cities ranked, from best to worst, below. National rankings are in parenthesis.

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1. San Francisco (1)
2. Los Angeles (4)
3. San Diego (9)
4. Sacramento (15)
5. Oakland (22)
6. Long Beach (41)
7. San Jose (42)
8. Fresno (46)
9. Santa Ana (47)
10. Bakersfield (51)
11. Anaheim (59)
12. Santa Rosa (72)
13. Huntington Beach (75)
14. Riverside (84)
15. Garden Grove (85)
16. Stockton (92)
17. Oceanside (98)
18. Irvine (99)
19. Modesto (101)
20. Glendale (107)
21. Oxnard (119)
22. Chula Vista (123)
23. Fremont (139)
24. San Bernardino (141)
25. Santa Clarita (144)
26. Fontana (153)
27. Rancho Cucamonga (155)
28. Ontario (167)
29. Moreno Valley (176)

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