Zagat: Providence one of hottest food cities in U.S.

OBERLIN was noted as one of Providence's best eateries. Rhode Island's capital city made Zagat's list of the 26 hottest food cities in the United States in 2016. / COURTESY ZAGAT
OBERLIN was noted as one of Providence's best eateries. Rhode Island's capital city made Zagat's list of the 26 hottest food cities in the United States in 2016. / COURTESY ZAGAT

PROVIDENCE – Providence is one of the 26 hottest food cities in the United States.
Zagat.com, which collects diners’ restaurant ratings, placed Rhode Island’s capital city 25th on the list.
Old and new city destinations were recognized, from Al Forno, which opened in 1980, to Long Live Beerworks, which debuted on the West End this year. North, North Bakery, Persimmon’s move to the East Side from Bristol, and Benjamin and Heidi Sukle’s Birch and their new restaurant Oberlin also were noted.

Zagat, which released the list this week, said 2016 has been “an incredible year for dining across the U.S.” It said it asked editors around the country to make a case for the city they believe had the biggest year in food by assessing the number of new openings and awards, as well as national media attention. It also asked some of the “top food media brass” to weigh in on which locales were most exciting.
Topping the list was Washington, D.C., with Los Angeles, Denver, Boston and Seattle rounding out the top five.

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