LA on the other end has an insane variety of foods, so while they have organic, vegan restaurants where everything is super healthy, they also have southern BBQ foods, steak houses, Asian foods, Italian foods, etc.
I think there’s a heavier focus on organic, vegan restaurants up in the San Francisco area.
Honestly all the cali cities have pretty diverse food options, it’s just that the cities are known for certain foods. If you want a specific cuisine, chances are there’s still a restaurant nearby for that, granted you live in the big cali cities.
LA imo is known for korean food in ktown and street tacos but also has a lot of organics and vegan options. There’s also sawtelle and little tokyo with lots of Japanese food options. There’s even a decent strip of greek, persian, turkish food options.
Irvine (and Westminster) is known for mostly viet food imo
SD has a lot of coastal dining and surf n turf options
SJ is also known for viet food and mexican food but also has a sizable portion of cantonese banquet style restaurants and japanese izakayas
SF has a lot of chinese food (cantonese, taiwanese, mainland) due to the chinatown and also lots of fishery based restaurants near the ports. Japantown there is also pretty sizable and includes a variety of japanese foods.
Yes about the Midwest.
LA on the other end has an insane variety of foods, so while they have organic, vegan restaurants where everything is super healthy, they also have southern BBQ foods, steak houses, Asian foods, Italian foods, etc.
I think there’s a heavier focus on organic, vegan restaurants up in the San Francisco area.
This is any city, really… At least on the east and west coasts. And Chicago.
Honestly all the cali cities have pretty diverse food options, it’s just that the cities are known for certain foods. If you want a specific cuisine, chances are there’s still a restaurant nearby for that, granted you live in the big cali cities.
LA imo is known for korean food in ktown and street tacos but also has a lot of organics and vegan options. There’s also sawtelle and little tokyo with lots of Japanese food options. There’s even a decent strip of greek, persian, turkish food options.
Irvine (and Westminster) is known for mostly viet food imo
SD has a lot of coastal dining and surf n turf options
SJ is also known for viet food and mexican food but also has a sizable portion of cantonese banquet style restaurants and japanese izakayas
SF has a lot of chinese food (cantonese, taiwanese, mainland) due to the chinatown and also lots of fishery based restaurants near the ports. Japantown there is also pretty sizable and includes a variety of japanese foods.
A lot of the old grotto seafood shops closed up in San Fran.
Well said. Does SJ stand for San Jose?
Yup
I can’t speak for the other cities, but from my time living in both norcal and socal, this is the take I ended up with