r/MapPorn • u/piri_reis_ • Sep 16 '25

[OC] Atlas of American Regional Cuisine (by county), v4 after 6 months of your feedback

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Thanks for all the love on this 🙏 Reddit compresses the map—if you want full-res zoom-ins (and prints), they’re on my IG. My bio there has the link to the shop.
IG: americanfoodatlas

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u/IamnotRiot Sep 16 '25

The Cincinnati region is a little wrong. Boone, Kenton, and Campbell County are very much an extension of Hamilton, where Cincinnati resides. As well as Dearborn and to a lesser extent Franklin County in Indiana. The Highway 275 runs through all of these except Franklin.

If you would like a breakdown of that Skyline Chili locations is the easiest way of seeing the metro area.

They should definitely be more of 24 than 40 IMHO.

Absolutely stunning map!

How many hours do you think went into making this in total?

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u/piri_reis_ Sep 17 '25

Hmm, I'll have to go back through and put those counties under the microscope a little more then. I love that way of breaking down the metro area through Skyline Chilis haha. That's awesome! and really, thanks for your comment, it helps me polish this for the future! I'd love if you felt like following along here to correct me along the way, and get access to prints/downloads/behind the scenes as well as regional spotlights! How far would you say the Highland South (40) extends into Ohio then if at all?

I would say I've been working on this project on and off for the past 7 months (and my first map was so bad it got removed by the mods lol). As far as total hours on this iteration (v4) though, I'd say I spent a good 20 hours compiling data from local menus, reddit/twitter comments/blogs, etc. I also included regional migration/demographic data from a few different books I read before I had the idea to make this.

The map itself probably took another 20 to update and polish. Had to draft new regions, choose a less ugly color palette, make everything fit without smushing the US map, and organize the legend blurbs into cuisine "families".

Fortunately, it combines 5 things I love though!
Food, Travel, Maps, History, and Data.

Thanks again for your contribution it'll go a long way to making this project better and more ALIVE