8/3/2019 DC Dining Out Survey Facts

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 2011 LIVINGSOCIAL

DINING OUT SURVEY

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DiningOutFrequencyAverageMealsEatenOutPerWeek

#

Meals

Local

(rank)National

TotalMealsEaten

OutPerWeek4.97 8 4.78

Breakfast/Brunch .78 13 .836

Lunch(CarryOut) 1.70 6 1.52

Lunch(SitDown) 1.04 9 1.04

Dinner 1.45 9 1.38

Top5CuisinesMostCommonly

EatenWhenDiningOut

Rank Local Rank National

#1 Chinese #1 Italian

#2 Italian #2 Mexican

#3 Pizza #3 Chinese#4 Mexican #4 Pizza

#5 Seafood #5 Steakhouse

Top5NewTypesofCuisineTriedWhenDiningOut

Rank Local Rank National

#1 Thai #1 Thai

#2 Italian #2 Italian

#3 Chinese #3 Mexican

#4 Seafood #4 Chinese

#5 Greek/Medit #5 Seafood

Self-DescribedEatingHabits

Description Local

Local

(rank)National

MeatLover 38% 20 45%

Experimental 39% 3 35%

Foodie 22% 13 25%

SweetTooth 26% 3 21%

FastFoodJunkie 21% 7 19%

HealthNut 20% 4 18%

Locavore 10% 11 11%

Vegetarian/Vegan 8% 1 5%FoodTrucker 3% 13 4%

ThreeHottestWashingtonDCLivingSocialRestaurantDeals

  Sweetgreen(Café),10/18/10,10,339voucherssold

  BrasserieBeck(Belgian),2/8/11,9,913voucherssold

  Kushi(Japanese/Sushi),8/15/11,9,803voucherssold

WASHINGTON,D.C. VoteVegetarian–SurveyFindsD.C.tobeTopVegetarianU.S.City 

AdditionalFacts

  D.C.’spreferenceofvegetarianandveganrestaurantsranks#1inU.S.

  AlsoranksnumberoneforEthiopianfoodamongU.S.cities

  Theyareleastlikelytosaytheyaremeatlovers

TopNationalResults  CarnivoreNation?NearlyhalfofAmericans(45%)describethemselvesas“meatlovers”  Only18%describethemselvesas“healthnuts”and5%as“vegetarian/vegan”  TheaverageAmericaneatsaboutfivemealsperweekatrestaurants  Thaiisthenumberone“new”cuisinedinersaretrying. 

 

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