Top 100 metro areas not visited by Man v. Food
Man v. Food debuted on December 3, 2008. Over the next four seasons, the now-cancelled program would visit most major American cities over 87 episodes, but several notable metropolitan areas were bypassed. (Three cities with a pro sports team would not appear on the show: Houston, Orlando and Jacksonville.) A list of metropolitan areas in the top 100 for population that were not the focus of an episode follows after the jump. Series episode lists (Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Nation (Season 4))
Metro population rank according to Wikipedia appears in parentheses. Links on metro areas are to eatfeats eating challenge lists for the corresponding region.
- AL, Birmingham (#50)
- CA, Bakersfield (#61)
- CA, Fresno (#55)
- CA, Inland Empire (#12) (A Barstow, CA restaurant appeared on the Route 66 episode)
- CA, Modesto (#100)
- CA, Oxnard / Ventura (#63)
- CA, Stockton (#76)
- CO, Colorado Springs (#81)
- CT, Bridgeport (#56)
- FL, Fort Myers (#84)
- FL, Jacksonville (#40)
- FL, Lakeland (#87)
- FL, Orlando (#26)
- FL, Palm Bay / Melbourne (#96)
- GA, Augusta (#92)
- KS, Wichita (#86)
- LA, Baton Rouge (#66)
- MA, Springfield (#77)
- MA, Worcester (#67)
- MI, Grand Rapids (#69) (Appeared on baseball special episode)
- NC, Greensboro (#71)
- NY, Albany (#59) (Albany was to have been featured in an episode starring casting call video contest winner John Lomascolo)
- NY, Poughkeepsie (#79)
- OH, Akron (#75)
- OH, Dayton (#61)
- OH, Toledo (#82)
- OH, Youngstown (#91)
- PA, Allentown – Bethlehem (#64)
- PA, Harrisburg (#94)
- PA, Lancaster (#99)
- PA, Scranton – Wilkes-Barre (#90)
- SC, Columbia (#70)
- SC, Greenville (#83)
- TN, Chattanooga (#98)
- TX, El Paso (#65)
- TX, Houston (#5)
- TX, McAllen (#68)
- UT, Ogden (#93)
- UT, Provo (#97)
- VA, Norfolk – Virginia Beach (#36)
- WI, Madison (#89)