Online
local search and shopping site's travel
guide ranks cities with most restaurants.
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) June 13, 2005 -- From neighborhood bagel shops to
world-class steakhouses, New York City
is the Tastiest City
in the U.S., according to a survey of restaurant listings on Verizon superpages.com the premier online
shopping and local search site.
Texas has three of the Tastiest
Cities in the Top 10, while New York and California each have two
cities. The rankings are based on the number of eating establishments in
each city
listed in the “restaurants” category on superpages.com.
The
Tastiest Cities are:
1. New York City
2.
Chicago, Illinois
3. Los Angeles, California
4.
Houston, Texas
5. Brooklyn, New York
6. Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
7. San Francisco, California
8. Dallas, Texas
9.
Atlanta, Georgia
10. San Antonio, Texas
11. San Diego,
California
12. Miami, Florida
13. Washington, D.C.
14.Seattle,
Washington
15. Las Vegas, Nevada
16. Phoenix, Arizona
17.
Portland, Oregon
18. St. Louis, Missouri
19. Austin, Texas
20.
Indianapolis, Indiana
21. Baltimore, Maryland
22. Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
23. Memphis, Tennessee
24. Minneapolis,
Minnesota
25. Denver, Colorado
"Verizon superpages.com is your
best resource for finding the right
restaurant for fine or casual dining," says Eric Chandler, vice president
of e-commerce marketing for superpages.com. "And these 25 cities have the
most restaurant choices in the U.S."
The Web
site also includes travel
tips from Samantha Brown of the Travel
Channel. Her advice covers shopping for trip supplies, packing your
luggage, coping with problems en route and finding local information once
you
arrive at your destination.
To find a restaurant's phone number or
location, Brown likes the versatility of superpages on the go – a complete
information resource on Verizon Wireless Get
It Now phones. For one low monthly fee, subscribers get
maps and driving directions, restaurant reviews, weather forecasts and
directory information – right
over the cell phone.
"If you
have a Verizon Wireless phone, sign up for superpages on the go," she
says. "It allows you
to find hotels, restaurants or tourist attractions along your route -- or
at your destination. Imagine – no stopping at the gas station to ask the
attendant!"
The complete list of Samantha Brown's travel
tips is available on Verizon superpages.com,
the nation’s best Internet directory.
About Samantha
Brown
Samantha Brown is a travel
expert and the host of several popular programs on the Travel
Channel including Passport to Europe with Samantha Brown, Great Hotels,
Interstitials, Girl
Meets Hawaii and Great Vacation Homes.
Before becoming a travel
television personality, Brown was a working actress in New York City,
starring in off-Broadway hits like June Moon and Brutality of Fact. She
graduated from Syracuse University
with a bachelor of fine arts degree
in musical theater.
About Verizon superpages.com
Verizon
Information Services, a division of Verizon Communications Corp. (NYSE:
VZ), is the nation’s most advanced provider of yellow pages and related
shopping information. It has $3.6 billion in revenues from products
including: Verizon SuperPages yellow pages; Verizon superpages.com (http://www.superpages.com), the nation’s number 1
Internet directory and a leading online
shopping resource; and the superpages on the go information directory
offered through Verizon Wireless Get
It Now services and on other wireless carriers. The company is the largest
publisher of Hispanic directories in the U.S. and the first
to provide a Hispanic online
shopping resource (http://www.superpages.com/espanol).
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb250280.htm