The secret is out that we have known for years — St. Augustine is an amazing FOODIE town! St. Augustine, Florida was chosen by Southern Living Magazine as THE South’s Best Food Town! St. Augustine is No. 1 on the list!
In the story by Southern Living Magazine: “This year, many of our previous food town winners made return appearances, but we were also pleasantly surprised to see some new tiny tastemaking towns make it into our top ten. St. Augustine, Florida, worked its way from the bottom to be our overall champion with their ever-burgeoning food scene anchored by restaurants like Preserved, which shows off the wealth of local ingredients in a modern way in the country’s oldest city.”
Read the full story here. See the list of Top Ten cities below:
1. St. Augustine, Florida
Where to go: Preserved, The Ice Plant, The Hyppo, The Floridian
2. Oxford, Mississippi
Where to go: St. Leo, Snackbar, Oxford Canteen, City Grocery
3. Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
Where to go: Graze, Grace and Grit, Bon Banh Mi
4. Charlottesville, Virginia
Where to go: MarieBette, Lampo, The AlleyLight
5. Kinston, North Carolina
Where to go: The Chef and the Farmer, Benny’s Big Time, Boiler Room Oyster Bar
6. Fredericksburg, Texas
Where to go: Pontotoc Vineyard Weingarten, Otto’s, Emma + Ollie
7. Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
Where to go: Cajun Claws, Maison Madeleine, Joie de Vivre Café
8. Winter Park, Florida
Where to go: 4 Rivers Smokehouse, Prato, Luma on Park
9. Brunswick, Georgia
Where to go: Indigo Coastal Shanty, Southern Soul Barbeque, Jerk Shack
10. Davidson, North Carolina
