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Vote New Orleans tastiest town in the South!

Cast your vote daily from now through January 31 and you'll help name The South's Tastiest Town to be announced in the April issue of Southern Living magazine. Plus, you'll be entered for a chance to win a $2,500 cash prize for a trip to any Tasty Town of your choice.

Here's why New Orleans earned its ranking as one of the 10 Tastiest Towns in the South:

There are several (hot sauce-soaked) reasons why New Orleans is one of the most important and seductive food cities in the country. Consider, among other things, its iced Abita and oyster meccas (Acme, Felix's, Casamento's, and Bourbon House, for example), time-honored landmarks that should be on anyone's bucket list (Friday lunch at Galatoire's, brandy milk brunch at Commander's Palace), life-changing muffulettas and po'boys, a posse of power chefs like Donald Link, John Besh, and John Harris, and dangerously delicious cocktails (from historic sazerac bars like Napoleon House to new spots like Bouligny Tavern) make it an essential, irresistible food destination.

Emerging hoods from the Warehouse District to Freret Street keep us coming back hungry.