Is New York Losing The Restaurant War To The Bay Area?

Two statements heard on the KQED Forum show’s “Restaurant Roundup” segment, just now, that might trigger a response from you, the restaurant diner:

• “San Francisco starts the restaurant trends, and New York grows them.”
• “New York has twice* the population, but San Francisco has the better restaurants.”

* Yes we know that’s not at all true; the NYC metropolitan area has 19 million people; the Bay Area has 4.5 million people.

Photo by Orbakhopper.