I’d say this is the most accurate food map yet with the obvious Kansas/Nebraska mix up. Food checks for all the aces I’ve lived/visited, with the exception of Wisconsin, which I’d argue they’re more known for their cheese curds.
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2025
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These are not official state foods. They are what the source website has decided to appoint as the favorite food for each.
This is a list of official state foods:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_foods
EDIT: Corrected link; source page is down and had originally linked to wrong page. Used archive.org to get to original.
Ooh, let me see what the state food is where I live! Let's see, Colorado...
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It’s true though and freaking excellent.
The lack of anything listed? I was talking about the link above with official state foods, not the OP. Love green chili as an (but who calls it chili verde?)
Having lived here for over a decade, and 2 states prior, I think the breakfast burrito deserves some recognition as an official food though. With green chili, of course.
They also swapped the labels on Nebraska and Kansas on the map. And someone should tell them to repick Rhode Island, drinks don't count.
Are you sure "handheld meat pies" is not what people from Nebraska call ribs?
Not only should beverages not count but the official drink of Rhode Island is coffee milk.
It's hilarious that the country thinks Chicago is obsessed with deep dish. Ask any Chicagoan their opinion and they'll probably say "it's all right" or "good for a slice once in awhile"
Chicago had a fantastic restaurant scene and very few even make deep dish pizza
Nebraska and Kansas are switched
Nevada got me howling. TIL they have no official State Food like the rest. brutally honest
That it's a totally fair choice makes it all the better. Vegas-style buffets are a production that really caught on globally (thanks to that marketing) and really are a distinct style. But like, theres fuckall other options for them, nevada is a fucking cultural wasteland (if you ignore those tens of thousands of years of indigenous culture, but who cares about THAT...)
cultural wasteland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_historical_population
According to this, Nevada only had 110k people statewide in 1940.
In 1940, New York City had 7.5 million.
Gotta have people to produce cultural output.
don't let Memphis speak for all of Tennessee