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For good food, I'd recommend a city. For that budget, I'd recommend a U.S. city. San Francisco, maybe?
Maybe NYC, DC or Boston? A large city would expose you to MANY different ethnicities and types of cuisines. The North End of Boston has soooo much good Italian, I could eat at a different restaurant there every night of the month and be super happy. I had some awesome Ethiopian food in DC. And NYC is NYC. You can't go wrong.
I also love New England in the summer. Rent a car and drive from town to town and you'll get incredible seafood... Newport, Cape Cod, Maine, etc. Mmmm. I can taste the clam bake and lobster rolls right now!
p.s. Just saw you're an Oct. bride. New England in the fall would be perfect!! Eeek!
Does $1,500 include spending money? Or just travel/accomodations?
Even if you got a deal on a hotel in a place like NYC, it's still likely to run you over $1K for 7 days.
New England would probably fit your budget a little better.
i've also heard great things about vancouver--not just the food, but also the city and surroundings as well. and of course i'll vote for nyc as well. or somewhere in mexico with great authentic regional cuisine?
Ok, so I’m biased ‘cause I live here, but Portland, Maine is a foodies heaven. We are second only to San Francisco in having the highest number of restaurants per capita. To be completely honest, we don’t have a good Mexican or Chinese restaurant – but I think we have everything else covered! LOL we have several James Beard nominees, and winners, too.
Boston is under a 2 hours drive away.
And fall in New England is beautiful, and you will be into the “off-season” rates at hotels and B&B.
Chicago and NYC also have tons of food options, but are more expensive as well.
Vegas. You can stay in a 5 star hotel for less than $100 per night. flights are cheap and you can't been the concentration of top restaraunts there. Tons of celebrity chef owned restaraunts as well.
Also vancouver is great... but I don't know if you can do it for $1500. Depends where you stay I guess (maybe if you don't stay downtown/yaletown). the food here is awesome.
Mmm, we tried for a long time to find a place that would fit our desire for a foodie paradise as well as having out-of-this-world gorgeous beaches, and ended up deciding we had to split them into separate vacations. It will be beaches for the honeymoon, and probably the foodie bonanza on some anniversary trip - I want to go back to Italy, for starters! For that budget though, within the U.S. is indeed going to probably be a restriction, though I would add that Anguilla is an island in the Caribbean which is supposed to have really great food. We came across it in our search, I only nixed it because I've been to the Caribbean several times and wanted somewhere that felt totally new. Maybe Anguilla is close enough to be affordable within that budget? Or St. Bart's? Oh, and FI and I went to St. Maarten a few summers ago, that island is called the culinary capital of the Caribbean with good reason, I'd give them a look as well!
@LittlestBirds: We're going to Anguilla and spending just under $4K for flight and accomodations for 8 days....so it might be a little over OPs budget ;o) We are excited about the food though because it's supposed to be the best in the Caribbean.
My first instinct was Paris! But that would be a budget buster for sure. I echo San Francisco (yes, I am a bit biased), but I would also say you can get some excellent, high end, gorgeous food over here in Oakland as well, and it is a little cheaper. You can stay in SF and take BART to 19th Street or Rockridge for some amazing food or to Berkeley (they have this great strip called the Gourmet Ghetto where Chez Panisse is).
I'd say a cruise. You get a lot of different options and their food is delicious! They have all types of food too, American, Italian, Chinese, etc. That was probably the best part of our cruise were the different food options! And you can find great deals on cruises too if you are willing to be flexible.
ETA: Most food on cruise ships is FREE! The cruise we went on had a steakhouse that had a $30 fee per person, which we didn't go to, but it's cool because we still ate like kings!
Thanks for all the imput!
@ Farfromachildbride, ummm h-e- double hockey sticks yes!.. that would be beautiful. and he would love it, i know it. right now we're talking about Colorado, b/c we both love it, but that means we've both already been there! A new place would be great for the both of us. I'm definitely gonna check it out
@galore5, we're 2 hrs south!! hehe.. We just don't have the $ to make it up there often :(
@misspug, my FI would DIE if we went to vancouver... for several reasons! ;) He has always talked about that, but budget would be the issue (we'd have to factor in passports)
@gabrielleelise1981, mmmmm... Maine lobster!! I am a seafood junkie, but have only had it in the Gulf, not in New England.
@LittlestBirds, I will definitely look into the islands. Prob a budget buster, but worth a try. Maybe in the future. I would LOVE to be in the tropics for our Honeymoon, but don't know if it's gonna happen.
@otb, we were actually looking into cruises! I went on one in May 08 and LOVED it.. But the only thing I'm concerned about is being around sooo many people. That didn't really cross my mind until someone else brought it up in another thread!
@gocubbies - The people weren't terrible on our cruise. It really depends on the season and how many families will be there. Also, the ships are REALLY big you can always find a little corner somewhere to be by yourselves. I guess my husband and I liked it because we enjoy people watching!
Thinking about a cabin in Maine now... super cheap plus seafood...
....and then i just looked a plane tickets. $450/ ea... OUCH.
We'll see. Thank you all for your help and for sparking some ideas in my head!!
Southwest flies into Manchester, NH - check their rates for better airfare! We heart Portland, Camden, Bar Harbor... soooo much to see/do in Maine.
If you're going the NE route, the boy and I stayed at the BEST B&B in Ogunquit, ME, about 90 min. from Boston. It was cheap, too!
I highly recommend it.
Another vote for San Francisco! We're foodies and we are doing wine country & San Francisco for ours (well, San Diego too) and we're already drooling at the restaurant list. Great wine too.
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We are foodies... Big time. We cook at home every single night and appreciate a good meal out.
Where should we go on our Honeymoon for some incredible food all week long?
Catch is, we're on about a $1,500 budget :(