Louisville mentioned in Bon Appetit

There is an article in this months Bon Appetit identifying L'ville as the 5th "foodiest" small city in America (identified as under 250'000). The rankings were:

Portland OR
Ann Arbor MI
Asheville NC
Santa Fe NM
Louisville KY
Boulder CO

Oh NO!!!! The secret is out and we will be overwhelmed at our favorite eateries!

Second year in a row. They mention ham and other traditional foods. Funny, but I think Louisville's biggest food stength is its progressive and international food scene: Proof, Seviche, Bourbon Barrel, Blue Dog...and so on. We shouldn't reject a compliment, but ham?? I love country ham, but nothing particularly Louisville about it in my mind.

Second year in a row. They mention ham and other traditional foods. Funny, but I think Louisville's biggest food stength is its progressive and international food scene: Proof, Seviche, Bourbon Barrel, Blue Dog...and so on. We shouldn't reject a compliment, but ham?? I love country ham, but nothing particularly Louisville about it in my mind.

Speaking from the perspective of a long time foodie and short time resident I think being mentioned in the same breath with Portland and Santa Fe is a feather in our cap. I'll be on a search and consume mission to Asheville next month and will withold personal judgement until I've (re)visited the area. Boulder and Ann Arbor....ehhhhhhhhhhh who knows. In the case of Ann Arbor they may have a food scene but they can't play football worth a sh**.

Go Buckeyes !

[Robin Garr]

Two questions: I guess Bon Appetit has never caught up with our government merger?

Ann Arbor? I go there fairly often and love the town, but c'mon! In terms of the restaurant scene, they've got Zingerman's, a dim sum place ... um, let me think what else ...

There is an article in this months Bon Appetit identifying L'ville as the 5th "foodiest" small city in America (identified as under 250'000). The rankings were:

Portland OR
Ann Arbor MI
Asheville NC
Santa Fe NM
Louisville KY
Boulder CO

Paesano's in Ann Arbor is quite good, but there's not the quantity and range of restaurants in AA we have here. Because they are a college town with a very good school, they have more of those things some people here think we need to be cool: Trader Joe's, Urban Outfitters... It is a great town, but of a different scale.

[Robin Garr]

Paesano's in Ann Arbor ... It is a great town, but of a different scale.

Yeah, looking at the list again, Asheville kind of falls into the same category.

Now, I've always thought Portland a pretty interesting compare-and-contrast match with Louisville in a lot of ways. And Santa Fe is a great town, of course, although again much smaller.

Looks to me like a typical slap'n'grab hit job by either a Bon Appetit staffer or free-lancer throwing together a lot of information fast without much real research or fact-checking.

That said, let's take the publicity.

[Robin Garr]

Come to think of it, this topic - with its "foodie" connection - ought to be in the main forum. Let's move it.

Speaking from the perspective of a long time foodie and short time resident I think being mentioned in the same breath with Portland and Santa Fe is a feather in our cap. I'll be on a search and consume mission to Asheville next month and will withold personal judgement until I've (re)visited the area. Boulder and Ann Arbor....ehhhhhhhhhhh who knows. In the case of Ann Arbor they may have a food scene but they can't play football worth a sh**.

Go Buckeyes !

Steve, be sure and try Rezaz. It is in Biltmore Village. We have eaten there 3 times and enjoyed the food very much.

Who they callin' less then 250,000 population?

Correction: The number 1 foodiest is Portland Maine.

Second year in a row. They mention ham and other traditional foods. Funny, but I think Louisville's biggest food stength is its progressive and international food scene: Proof, Seviche, Bourbon Barrel, Blue Dog...and so on. We shouldn't reject a compliment, but ham?? I love country ham, but nothing particularly Louisville about it in my mind.

Yeah ham. Who has the most progressive ham dish?