https://tablejourney.com/ Latest city food guides, dishes and editorial picks from TableJourney. en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:14:54 +0000 360 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/buffalo/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/buffalo/ Buffalo invented the chicken wing at Anchor Bar in 1964 and still serves the canonical beef on weck at Schwabl's, open since 1837. Polish East Side, Italian Hertel Avenue, sponge candy from Watson's and a brewery scene from Pearl Street to Larkinville round out the story. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:14:13 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/albuquerque/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/albuquerque/ Albuquerque eats New Mexican, not Tex-Mex. Hatch green chile, carne adovada, sopaipillas with honey, stacked enchiladas with a fried egg, and biscochitos at Christmas. The Frontier opened across from UNM in 1971 and Mary and Tito's won the James Beard America's Classics in 2010. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:13:39 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/anchorage/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/anchorage/ Anchorage sits on Cook Inlet at the foot of the Chugach Mountains. The food culture leans on wild Alaska salmon, Pacific halibut, Bristol Bay king crab, and game from the Mat-Su Valley. Downtown holds the fine-dining anchors and the reindeer sausage carts; Spenard runs the bohemian dining strip with Anchorage Brewing and Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop. South Anchorage handles the Moose's Tooth pizza institution and the larger weekend markets. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:44:46 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/charlotte/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/charlotte/ Charlotte eats Piedmont. Lexington-style chopped pork, country ham biscuits, pimento cheese and sweet tea anchor a scene now running from Counter-, the South's only Michelin star, to Lang Van's Bib-Gourmand pho in east Charlotte. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:43:40 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/cincinnati/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/cincinnati/ Cincinnati is the city that invented Cincinnati chili at the Empress in 1922, runs the 1855 Findlay Market in Over-the-Rhine, and turned an 1880s German brewing capital into a modern craft-beer corridor. The food map runs from Camp Washington Chili to Sotto, Boca and Salazar. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:42:44 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/cleveland/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/cleveland/ Cleveland eats from a deep Eastern European bench: Polish Boy sandwiches at Seti's truck and Mt Pleasant Bar-B-Q on Kinsman, pierogi at Prosperity Social Club and West Side Market food stalls, Slyman's corned beef on St Clair since 1964 and the 1912 West Side Market on West 25th. Little Italy on Mayfield Road, Tremont brick streets, Ohio City breweries and Cleveland Heights Cedar-Lee anchor the modern scene. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:41:40 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/richmond/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/richmond/ Richmond is the capital of Virginia and the spiritual home of Edna Lewis-style Southern cooking. Brunswick stew, country ham, Chesapeake oysters and ham biscuits run alongside Sub Rosa Bakery in Church Hill, David Shannon's L'Opossum in Oregon Hill and a Scott's Addition brewery row anchored by Hardywood, The Veil and Ardent. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:39:37 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/birmingham-al/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/birmingham-al/ Birmingham is the South's most underrated food city. Frank Stitt opened Highlands Bar and Grill in Five Points South in 1982 and redrew the regional fine-dining map. The everyday Birmingham table is the meat-and-three, the Pepper Place market and Alabama white sauce barbecue. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:37:29 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/salt-lake-city/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/salt-lake-city/ Salt Lake City eats off two currents: Red Iguana's Mexican moles since 1985, and Crown Burgers' Greek-Mormon pastrami burger since 1978. Takashi on Main, HSL on East 200 South and Pago anchor downtown's fine-dining tier. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:36:16 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/tucson/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/tucson/ Tucson became the first United States UNESCO City of Gastronomy on December 15, 2015 on the strength of 4,100 years of continuous agriculture, Sonoran hot dogs, heritage white Sonora wheat, the chimichanga at El Charro Cafe (1922) and a deep Tohono O'odham food tradition. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:35:23 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/orlando/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/orlando/ Orlando eats far beyond the parks. Mills 50 is the Vietnamese-Thai-Korean corridor, Audubon Park holds East End Market and one-star Kadence, Winter Park runs the Ravenous Pig and Sorekara in Baldwin Park is one of only two two-Michelin-star rooms in Florida. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:43:01 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/madison/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/madison/ Madison eats the Wisconsin canon hard: Friday fish fry at Tornado Steakhouse and The Old Fashioned, butter burgers and Plazaburgers downtown, fried cheese curds at The Old Fashioned, brandy Old Fashioneds at Genna's Lounge and Tory Miller's L'Etoile and Graze on the Capitol Square. The Dane County Farmers' Market each Saturday is the country's largest producer-only market. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:21:03 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/oakland/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/oakland/ Oakland eats like nowhere else in the Bay Area. Cantonese roast meat counters in Chinatown, Cambodian noodle houses in San Antonio, Oaxacan tamale carts in Fruitvale, and James Syhabout's two-star Commis on Piedmont Avenue all in one city of 440,000. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:14:26 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/milwaukee/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/milwaukee/ Milwaukee is Friday fish fry at Lakefront Brewery, butter burgers at Solly's Grille, frozen custard at Kopp's, brandy Old Fashioneds at the supper club bar and bratwurst on hard rolls from Usinger's. The city eats German, Polish, Italian, Serbian and Wisconsin-dairy harder than any city its size. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:28:03 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/sacramento/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/sacramento/ California's capital sits where the Sacramento and American rivers meet, ringed by Central Valley farms, the Delta and El Dorado wine country. The city declared itself America's Farm to Fork Capital in 2012 and the Tower Bridge Dinner runs every September. The editor's shortlist. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:20:51 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/indianapolis/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/indianapolis/ Indianapolis eats off Hoosier heritage and a Midwest renaissance: breaded pork tenderloins, sugar cream pie, St. Elmo since 1902, Shapiro's Reuben since 1905, and a Mass Ave corridor anchored by Bakersfield, The Eagle and Sun King Brewery. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:00:05 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/france/paris/ https://tablejourney.com/france/paris/ An editorial Paris food guide: where to eat now, the bistros worth a reservation, the bakeries worth a queue, the natural-wine bars Septime built, and the new-orthodoxy kitchens redrawing French food. By TableJourney editors, refreshed May 2026. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:14:25 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/japan/tokyo/ https://tablejourney.com/japan/tokyo/ Tokyo runs more starred kitchens than any city on earth and a 100-yen tachigui sushi counter on the same block. From depachika basements to specialist sushi counters and 24-hour ramen shops, the city eats with a precision and breadth that has shaped global dining since the 1990s. Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:32:52 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/washington-dc/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/washington-dc/ Washington DC eats with quiet ambition. Ben's Chili Bowl half-smokes on U Street, Jose Andres tasting laboratories in Penn Quarter, Ethiopian feasts in Shaw and oyster counters in Old Town all share one federal city. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:45:56 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/seattle/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/seattle/ Seattle eats at the seam between the Pacific Northwest's farms and a working harbour. Pike Place Market is the city's pantry, the International District holds the longest-running Asian kitchens north of San Francisco, and Renee Erickson, Aisha Ibrahim and Shiro Kashiba write the modern grammar. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:45:39 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/san-francisco/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/san-francisco/ San Francisco eats with the conviction of a small city. Mission taquerias and Chinatown dim sum sit alongside three-star tasting rooms, Ferry Building producers and a coffee scene that wrote the rulebook. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:45:20 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/san-diego/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/san-diego/ San Diego eats like a coastal Californian capital that runs on Baja-Mexican kitchens and a craft-beer scene that built the West Coast IPA. The map runs from Tacos El Gordo adobada to Addison's three Michelin stars, with Little Italy, Convoy and Barrio Logan carrying the weight in 2026. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:44:52 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/portland/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/portland/ Portland eats from the farm, the cart, and the roastery. The food carts are first-class restaurants here, and the coffee scene set the third-wave template for the country. This is the editor's shortlist. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:43:43 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/new-york-city/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/new-york-city/ New York City eats everything. Five boroughs, 200 languages, and dinner that runs from a $3 dollar slice on Houston Street to a four-figure omakase in Tribeca. This guide is the editor's shortlist. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:43:25 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/new-orleans/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/new-orleans/ New Orleans eats like a port city raised by French, Spanish, African, Caribbean and Vietnamese kitchens. Gumbo, jambalaya, po-boys, oysters, beignets and a Sazerac at sundown: the food map runs from 1840 Antoine's to Bywater wine gardens. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:43:02 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/nashville/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/nashville/ Nashville eats with conviction. The city invented hot chicken at Prince's, set the rules for the meat-and-three at Arnold's, and now hosts Michelin stars at Bastion, The Catbird Seat and Locust. This guide is the editor's shortlist for 2026. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:42:45 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/miami/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/miami/ Miami eats Cuban first and everything else second. Calle Ocho ventanitas pour cafecito at dawn, Joe's Stone Crab opens for the season in October, and Wynwood and the Design District hold the Michelin stars from Cote to L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:42:24 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/los-angeles/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/los-angeles/ Los Angeles eats across 88 cities and dozens of immigrant neighbourhoods. Korean BBQ in Ktown, tacos al pastor in Boyle Heights, Persian rice in Westwood, Salvadoran pupusas off Vermont, chef cooking in Venice. No single canon. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:41:56 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/chicago/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/chicago/ Chicago eats like a city built by butchers, bricklayers and grandmothers from a dozen countries. Deep-dish, Italian beef, taqueria-perfect tacos, Polish counters, fine-dining laboratories: the lake-edge grid carries all of it. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:41:27 +0000 https://tablejourney.com/united-states/charleston/ https://tablejourney.com/united-states/charleston/ Charleston eats Lowcountry. Shrimp and grits, she-crab soup, Frogmore stew and benne wafers anchor a kitchen scene that runs from Husk and FIG to BJ Dennis Gullah pop-ups, Lewis Barbecue and oysters at 167 Raw. This is the editor's shortlist for 2026. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:41:10 +0000