Detroit is America’s capital of pizza, according to Google. Image: istock.com/angelafoto via AFP Relaxnews
Google News Lab has crunched the data to chart the most popular cuisines across the United States. Some of their conclusions? Detroit is the pizza capital of the U.S., while New Yorkers are crazy about their Chinese restaurants.
Published on Medium, the findings are based on aggregated, anonymized and private data from users who have opted in to Google Location History.
Overall, the two most popular cuisines across the U.S. are, not surprisingly, pizza and Mexican.
The data also revealed interesting regional trends when it comes to cuisine preferences.
Here’s a snapshot:
(Cities are ranked by cuisine’s share of total restaurant visits)
Pizza 1. Detroit 2. Boston 3. Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 5. Baltimore 6. Chicago 7. Pittsburgh 8. Minneapolis 9. Phoenix 10. Raleigh
Mexican 1. San Antonio 2. Dallas 3. Los Angeles 4. Houston 5. Phoenix 6. Austin 7. Denver 8. San Diego 9. Sacramento 10. Las Vegas
Chinese 1. New York 2. San Francisco 3. Philadelphia 4. Oklahoma 5. Boston 6. Las Vegas 7. San Jose 8. Salt Lake City 9. Orlando 10. Charlotte
Barbecue 1. Memphis 2. Atlanta 3. St. Louis 4. Detroit 5. Charlotte 6. Cleveland 7. Austin 8. Dallas 9. Texas 10. Tampa
Burgers 1. Washington D.C. 2. Minneapolis 3. Portland 4. Boston 5. Pittsburgh 6. Oklahoma 7. Baltimore 8. Indianapolis 9. Salt Lake City 10. Detroit
Coffee 1. Seattle 2. Portland 3. San Diego 4. Sacramento 5. Los Angeles 6. San Francisco 7. San Jose 8. Minneapolis 9. Austin 10. Denver JB
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