The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/12/02/oakland-beats-out-sf-and-new-orleans-in-new-ranking-of-best-food-cities/Oakland has come out on top in Condé Nast Traveler's latest Readers' Choice Awards ranking of the best US food cities, but San Francisco comes in at number five. Condé Nast Traveler has just released the 2025 winners of its annual Readers' Choice Awards for travel destinations, hotels, airlines, and more. And in the ranking of destination food cities in the US, Oakland has come in at number one this year. This may be in no small part to the great diversity of cuisines available in the city, and the sheer number of restaurants — by our estimate, with around 1,500 restaurants, there is one restaurant for every 293 residents in Oakland. And the past year

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