3 Florida Cities Make List Of Best Foodie Cities In America

If you're like me and love trying all different kinds of foods, we're in the right place as 3 Florida cities have made a list of the best foodie cities in America.

I'm not a picky eater at all, so for me, no matter where I go, I know I'll find somewhere, or many places, where I can get a good meal. Just here in Fort Myers, I have a handful of restaurants I could say are my favorites. Then there's my faves in Naples, Cape Coral, etc. But what makes a city a foodie city? A city earns a reputation for being a foodie city through a diverse culinary scene that offers many different types of restaurants with a variety of flavors. There may be restaurants that offer the best of their kind. There could be restaurants that blend local traditions and global influences. Foodie cities are also known for their eclectic mix of eateries from street food stands to Michelin-starred restaurants. These cities tend to prioritize fresh, high-quality ingredients and encourage residents and visitors to embrace the scene with not only restaurants but food festivals and farmers' markets.

WalletHub put together their list of the best foodie cities in America.  To do so, they compared more than 180 cities in America and looked at a variety of factors. Things like cost of groceries, affordability, diversity and accessibility of high-quality restaurants just to name a few.

In the top spot is Orlando. The city tied for 1st place with Miami for having the most restaurants per capita. Also tying for 1st place with Miami and Tampa for having the most ice cream & frozen yogurt shops per capita. Orlando tied for 1st place for having the most coffee shops and gourmet specialty-food stores. Miami came in at #4 on the list. And Tampa was ranked #6. Locally to us here in Southwest Florida, Cape Coral landed in the #1 spot for the ratio of full-service restaurants to fast-food establishments.

When it comes to good pizza around the world, the competition is fierce but 3 of the best pizzerias in the world are right here in Florida.

Pizza is a favorite food for many. I used to love Friday nights when I was growing up. It was pizza night (and also the night we could have pop with dinner!) Put on a little TGIF and the night was complete. Growing up in Chicago, I am partial to a good thin crust loaded up with toppings, but a deep dish sometimes hits the spot. We have a lot of good pizza here in SWFL. Chicago Pizza in Cape Coral is one of my favorites, they do it right! But whatever you love about pizza, when it comes to the very best, the competition is fierce. So it's pretty impressive that 3 of the best pizzerias in the entire world are right here in Florida.

50 Top Pizza put together their rankings of the best pizza in the world. They sent in anonymous inspectors to pizzerias around the world (how do I get that job?!). They looked at a variety of things like the quality of the products used, customer care and decision making to name a few. The guide ranked the top 100 best pizza spots and while the majority of them are in Europe, there's pizzerias that made the list here in the US, Asia and the Middle East

You can check out the full list here. Below is where the Florida spots ranked.

O'Munaciello is located at 6425 Biscayne Blvd in the MiMo District. The restaurant was founded by a group of Florentine Italians and features handmade pizzas where every ingredient is Italian and all pies are baked in a wood-fired oven.

La Leggenda Pizzeria is located at 224 Española Way on Miami Beach. The name of the restaurant comes from the nickname of owner Giovanni Gagliardi, "The Legend", which he got for the way he kneads pizza.

Fabrica is located at 142 S Meridian Ave in Pierhouse at Channelside. They use high-quality ingredients and hand-stretched dough with plenty of toppings and base sauces to choose from.