Short answer: yes, with big caveats. There is no hard city- or state-level foie gras dataset, so anything here is a model, stitched from:
Below is a reasonable, internally consistent breakdown of the current U.S. restaurant-driven market, with NYC at ~25–30% and the top ~10 metros at ~80% of consumption, matching the PDF’s narrative.
Think of these as order-of-magnitude, not precise. If you want, you can treat the “central estimate” as the mean and add ±2–3 percentage-points as a working uncertainty band.
Share of total U.S. foie gras consumption by city/metro
(Central estimates; all numbers are % of U.S. consumption ≈ 100%.)
Top tier (NYC + big 4–5 metros):
| Rank | City / Metro | Central est. % of U.S. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York City, NY | 27% | PDF and external sources put NYC at 20–30% of total US sales and ~1,000 restaurants pre-ban fight; I use 27% as a midpoint. (Business Insider) |
| 2 | Chicago, IL | 10% | Major Midwestern hub; had its own ban (2006–08) then strong rebound; lots of Michelin-level and steakhouse volume. |
| 3 | Las Vegas, NV | 9% | Strip resorts + celebrity chef restaurants; PDF calls foie gras “pretty plentiful” and Eater finds dozens of venues. Vegas also soaks up some ex-California demand. |
| 4 | Washington, DC metro (DC/MD/VA) | 8% | High density of Michelin/French/power-dining; no bans, steady demand, plus affluent suburbs. |
| 5 | Miami & Palm Beach, FL | 6% | Luxury hotel and resort dining + wealthy Palm Beach crowd; foie burgers, seared foie, tasting menus. |
Second tier (still big, but below the core four):
| Rank | City / Metro | Central est. % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Boston, MA | 5% | Strong French/New American + steakhouse scene; likely top market in Northeast after NYC. |
| 7 | Philadelphia, PA | 4% | Solid fine-dining + quirky things like foie gras cheesesteaks; activist pressure but no ban. |
| 8 | Houston, TX | 4% | Oil-money steakhouses + chef-driven spots; luxury add-on ingredient. |
| 9 | Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | 3.5% | Similar profile to Houston with steakhouses and French/modern American fine dining. |
| 10 | New Orleans, LA | 3.5% | French-Creole heritage; foie woven into high-end local cuisine; likely high per-capita, modest total volume. |
Those 10 together = 80% of estimated U.S. consumption, which lines up with the PDF’s “top 10 cities ≈ ~80%” statement.
Third tier (noticeable but clearly smaller):
| Rank | City / Metro | Central est. % | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Seattle, WA | 2% | Some high-end demand but under activist pressure; niche and somewhat fragile. |
| 12 | Atlanta, GA | 2% | Growing fine-dining scene, especially in Buckhead/Midtown; foie present but not central. |
| 13 | Orlando, FL | 2% | Driven almost entirely by resort tasting menus (e.g., Disney’s Victoria & Albert’s) and convention-tourism fine dining. |
| 14 | Honolulu, HI | 1% | Luxury tourist market; foie as a prestige ingredient in hotel fine dining. |
| 15 | Denver, CO | 1% | A few upscale restaurants + ski-town spillover (Aspen/Vail); still pretty niche. |
| 16 | Portland, OR | 0.7% | Culinary city but with ethics-driven food culture; small and contested foie niche. |
| 17 | Minneapolis–St Paul, MN | 0.7% | One small producer (Au Bon Canard) and a handful of restaurants; survey data suggests most diners unfamiliar and supportive of bans. |
| 18 | Austin & San Antonio, TX | 1% | A few ambitious restaurants that use foie, but tiny relative to state beef/barbecue focus. |
| 19 | Phoenix & Scottsdale, AZ | 1% | Resort and retiree fine dining; foie is an occasional luxury item. |
| 20 | Charleston, SC | 0.5% | “Punches above its weight” gastronomy; a couple of foie-using restaurants. |
| 21 | Baltimore, MD | 0.5% | Minor spillover market next to DC; a few upscale venues. |
| 22 | Cleveland & similar mid-size cities | 0.3% | A couple of fine-dining rooms; shows up mainly as token dishes. |
Long tail:
“Other mid-size / long-tail U.S. cities” – ~7.3%
Detroit, St. Louis, Kansas City, etc.: usually one or two restaurants per city, plus mail-order foie for home cooks.
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