Best Restaurants in U.S. Cities, 2009

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

In 2009, Travelandleisure.com asked more than 60,000 Americans what they like—and don't like—about 30 large American cities and used the poll results to rank the cities based on a variety of topics, including most intelligent, best for people watching, and best culture.

Rank	City
1.	New Orleans
2.	San Francisco
3.	Seattle
4.	Chicago
5.	New York
6.	Providence
7.	Portland
8.	Boston
9.	Philadelphia
10.	Minneapolis/St. Paul
11.	Austin
12.	Houston
13.	Cleveland
14.	Los Angeles
15.	Kansas City
16.	Charleston
17.	San Antonio
18.	Denver
19.	Nashville
20.	San Diego
21.	Washington, D.C.
22.	Santa Fe
23.	Atlanta
24.	Miami
25.	Honolulu