The Local Palate Magazine | Best Culinary Towns 2025
The Local Palate Magazine | Best Culinary Towns 2025
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"The South is under greater scrutiny than ever this year, thanks to the arrival of the MICHELIN Guide, which doled out hundreds of nods to Southern restaurants earlier this fall. A sincere congratulations to everyone who was recently recognized.
But take a step back and a more complete picture comes into focus. It might be thanks to a town’s unique mix of cafés, cottage bakeries, and under-the-radar coffee shops. It matters what goes down at the farmers market or kitchen goods store or along the aisles of the international market. Maybe there’s a damn fine bite at the local gas station that rivals one you’d find from an award-honored chef. When a town has inspiring and downright delicious bites, beverages, or products in a handful of these spaces combined, we call that a great culinary town. And in this issue, we’re bringing you 20 of the South’s very best."
- Erin Byers Murray, Editor in Chief of The Local Palate
"The South is under greater scrutiny than ever this year, thanks to the arrival of the MICHELIN Guide, which doled out hundreds of nods to Southern restaurants earlier this fall. A sincere congratulations to everyone who was recently recognized.
But take a step back and a more complete picture comes into focus. It might be thanks to a town’s unique mix of cafés, cottage bakeries, and under-the-radar coffee shops. It matters what goes down at the farmers market or kitchen goods store or along the aisles of the international market. Maybe there’s a damn fine bite at the local gas station that rivals one you’d find from an award-honored chef. When a town has inspiring and downright delicious bites, beverages, or products in a handful of these spaces combined, we call that a great culinary town. And in this issue, we’re bringing you 20 of the South’s very best."
- Erin Byers Murray, Editor in Chief of The Local Palate
