Here’s How Metro Denver Ranks For Best Food In U.S.

If you love food and consider yourself a foodie, metro Denver is one of the best places to be, according to a new report by WalletHub. Our city's metro area ranked among the top of optimal foodie destinations in the country.

The Best Foodie Cities in America list for 2019 compared more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities across 30 key metrics of foodie-friendliness, ranging from restaurants per capita, to the number of local cooking schools, to the presence of Michelin-Starred restaurants.

Each relevant metric was listed with its corresponding weight, and the cities were subsequently graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing maximum food-friendliness.

Denver finished as the top ranked foodie city in our state, and was 15th on the overall list. Colorado Springs came in at No. 72.

Portland, Oregon, ranked as the best foodie city in the country, according to WalletHub, followed by New York and Miami. San Francisco finished fourth and Los Angeles landed at fifth.

For people on the quest for foodie-friendliness, Pearl City, Hawaii, isn’t the place for you. The city finished dead-last in the rankings, with Juneau, Arkansas and Jackson, Mississippi rounding out the bottom three.