12 best meat cities in America
12 best meat cities in America – Get ready to take a beef break, veal vacation or hog holiday in a T-bone a-fide U.S. meatopolis. These are the top cities for meat lovers.
12 best meat cities in America
12. Omaha, Nebraska – In Omaha, Nebraska, dinner is pretty simple: steaks on a grill. Johnny's Cafe (pictured) serves some of the best in America.
12 best meat cities in America
11. Fort Worth, Texas – "They still parade longhorns down city streets," says Texas Monthly Barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn of Fort Worth's "Cowtown" sobriquet. At Bonnell's Fine Texas Cuisine, pepper-crusted buffalo tenderloin with rye whisky cream sauce is another meaty signature.
12 best meat cities in America
10. Las Vegas – Las Vegas is loaded with celebrity-chef steakhouses. This beef Wellington comes from the Gordon Ramsay Steak at the Paris Las Vegas.
12 best meat cities in America
9. Tampa, Florida – Tampa's Cuban sandwich piles Genoa salami atop roasted pork butt and smoked ham. This year's Cuban Sandwich Festival (in nearby Ybor City, site of the sandwich's purported genesis) produced the world's longest Cuban sandwich at 86.2 feet. It fed more than 200 homeless people.
12 best meat cities in America
8. Philadelphia – The cheesesteak (this one from Geno's Steaks) is a Philadelphia staple. Another is scrapple: pig trimmings in cornmeal and flour formed into a loaf. Slice and pan-fry until all you can taste is heart surgery.
12 best meat cities in America
7. Memphis, Tennessee – Memphis is home to arguably the largest barbecue competition on earth: the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, aka, the Super Bowl of Swine.
12 best meat cities in America
6. Los Angeles – No single preparation plays the lead in Los Angeles, with steaks, burgers, tacos and barbecue all getting star turns.
12 best meat cities in America
5. Lexington, North Carolina – Of the many "barbecue capitals of the world," Lexington is by far the smallest. There's a barbecue restaurant (19) for every thousand people, and most are world class.
12 best meat cities in America
4. Austin, Texas – In Austin, Texas, Kreuz Market is famed for beef, sausage, turkey, pork and almost anything else you can barbecue.
12 best meat cities in America
3. Chicago – Only the gods know which Chicago loves more, Michael Jordan or steak. You can get a taste of both at Michael Jordan's Steak House on North Michigan Avenue.
12 best meat cities in America
2. Kansas City, Missouri – Of 30-plus annual meat-flavored events in Kansas City, Missouri, the best is the American Royal, arguably the world's most prestigious barbecue comp, attracting more than 500 teams.
12 best meat cities in America
1. New York – How much does New York love meat? Even its dogs eat at the finest steakhouses. Here's Uno, Best in Show at the 2013 Westminster Kennel Club dog show, chowing on steaks at Sardi's, the traditional champion's meal.