Going out to eat is more popular than ever. Americans in the 1950s spent three times as much on groceries as on food away from home. In 2014, for the first time, restaurant spending surpassed grocery spending. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are approximately 78 full-service restaurants per 100,000 Americans, and annual restaurant sales amount to $704.18 per person. In some wealthy, tourist-heavy cities, going out to eat is very common, and the concentration of restaurants and money spent at fine dining establishments per capita is more than four times the national average.To determine the cities where people go out to eat all the time, 24/7 Wall Streetcreated an index based on the number of full-service restaurants and full-service restaurant spending per capita across 917 urban areas of at least 10,000 people.

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