A new study includes Los Angeles and Portland among the 20 cities with the best food

One debate that never gets old is which city has the best food. In a new study, the top 20 neighborhoods that made the list of cities with the best food might surprise you.

In accordance with Wallethubboot (Louisiana) nor MS made the top 20 best food, as many in the online conversation suggest.

New Orleans has some of the best food in America. Take me back there please.

— Claude Kelly (@ClaudeKelly) July 17, 2022

First place is Portland, Oregon; number 5 is Austin, Texas and Las Vegas is number 9. Portland, Maine is number 17, New York is number 18, Charleston, South Carolina is number 19 and Oakland, California is number 20.

If you don’t think Louisiana/Mississippi has the best food, you’re obviously eating in the wrong place. We can take you to some of the convenience stores, gas stations, and hole-in-the-walls for some of the best food you’ll ever eat.

— Coach Warner (@coachwarner) July 27, 2021

Even Los Angeles made the list, coming in at number 15.

According to a press release, “over 180 of the largest US cities across 29 key metrics. The dataset ranges from availability and accessibility of high-end restaurants to food festivals per capita to craft breweries and wineries per capita.”

New Orleans ranks 147th, while Gulfport, Mississippi is 172nd on the list.

Additionally, Orlando, Florida has the most restaurants per square root of population, as well as the most ice cream and frozen yogurt shops.

Here is the full list of cities that made the top 20. What do you think?