When you plan your holidays, do you ever factor in the local cuisine when deciding where to go? The number of travelers seeking culinary adventures has definitely risen over the past few years, in fact, according to the Travel Industry Association of America, more than 58% of American leisure travelers take culinary or wine-related activities at their destination into account before booking. Travelocity has prepared a list of some of the best places to visit if food is what you are looking for. A few are obvious, while others come as a bit of a surprise. The list includes Barcelona, Spain; Boulder, Colorado; Charleston, South Carolina; Las Vegas, Nevada; London, United Kingdom; Montreal, Quebec; New Orleans, Louisiana; New York, New York; Rome, Italy; and San Francisco, California.
Regarding Vegas, as an example, they state "If you want your foie gras topped with shaved truffles and dusted with gold, it's a sure bet it can be found here." If you've visited Las Vegas any time recently, you know that is all too true. Gone are the days of $1.99 steak sandwiches - fine dining has taken over the town.
Have you been somewhere that you feel should have made the list instead of those places, or do you agree with their picks?
3-20-2007 @4:13PM WebMS said... I know it's obvious, but how could they leave off Paris???
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3-20-2007 @2:34PM Rachel said... Having never traveled to most of those places I can't say whether or not I agree with those choices. However, I do live in Denver, CO and I believe for a "foodie" the choices are not limited to Boulder as there are fabulouslhy delicious places to eat throught the Denver Metro area. In case anyone is coming to town.
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3-20-2007 @7:29PM Allison said... Much too US-centric to be of any real interest. Many of the places listed really wouldn't measure up on the world stage. Las Vegas, for example, only copies a lot of others poorly and substitutes money for taste.
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3-20-2007 @9:21PM SeanMike said... I'm honestly surprised that they'd put Boulder, CO, rather than Paris (as WebMS mentioned) or one of my personal favorites, Memphis, Tenn.
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3-21-2007 @6:44AM Ira.B said... I agree with webMS that not having Paris on the list is nuts. Having just returned from London and Paris I can say without a doubt that pound for Euro, the food in Paris is far superior to London's. Heck, the sliders at White Manna in New Jersey are better than most of the stuff we had in London.
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3-20-2007 @9:49PM beanspants said... i didn't eat in denver while i was there last week, but i would say most of the food in CO is pretty low quality, if the comparison is to the best in the world.
Ft Collins was pretty horrible, the service average, and the mountain towns tend to be bland and horribly overpriced.
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3-20-2007 @11:59PM Heidi said... Leaving Seattle off the list is just so ignorant. Pacific Northwest seafood combinded with some of the best restaurants and in the country--I can't think of why Seattle would be off this list.
#5, I have to agree with your assessment of CO food in general. Some of the most bland, average stuff I've found in my domestic travels was there--not a single noteworthy meal on my last trip to Boulder.
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3-20-2007 @10:55PM james b said... What is not to like with the food in Colorado? I mean Coors beer and Rocky Mountain oysters, right? Boulder has good food if you are a dog.
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3-21-2007 @11:19AM Tartlette said... Boulder!?! What about Chicago and Paris? Lame list.
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3-23-2007 @10:52AM Leena said... I'm happy they included New Orleans. I wish I hadn't been finicky about spicy food (I love it now!) as a kid, cause the neighborhood would get together (this was a small town) line one side of the street with folding tables, and have this massive potluck. There were all sorts of delicious homemade regional dishes, all kinds of BBQed meats and seafood, huge crawfish boils, giant pots of gumbo, chicken dumplings, rows of homemade sausages, huge trays of cornbread with different kinds of veggies in some of it, pies and cakes and pastries, ect. Oh the smells!
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3-21-2007 @2:14PM Brighella said... Las Vegas? That place is the antithesis of freshness. We spent 3 days and got a room with a kitchenette. The worst meal we had there was the one we didnt cook. Theres only so much crappy wilty iceberg lettuce one can consume. Id say this list isnt so much where you can get good food as where you can get expensive food...biiiiig difference. Get me to a famers market any day!
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3-21-2007 @6:31PM Jams said... What? There is no food in Asia? What about Bangkok or Tokyo? The list is definitely too US centric.
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3-21-2007 @7:54PM GhaleonQ said... ...New Orleans? I thought that the time for pity had ended?
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