# Your Neighborhood Food **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111 "2012-01-20T05:44:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/41 "2012-01-20T22:57:27Z")
Yelp lists 552 places within a 1 mile radius of me and 3917 places within a 5 mile radius. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/42 "2012-01-20T23:51:37Z")
I live in an Arab/Mexican/Ecuadorean/Korean neighborhood. Metromix lists 36 places in my neighborhood (judging by what they include, about a mile radius). Almost none are chains. Yelp lists 386 within 2 miles, 155 within 1 mile: Korean, Afghan, Dutch, pan-Arab, Mexican, Italian, Thai, Colombian, Chinese, Japanese, Algerian, Korean-Mexican, pan-Latin, “modern European” (sounds Serbian by the dishes mentioned), Salvadoran, Iraqi (mostly Assyrian)… I love my neighborhood. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/43 "2012-01-20T23:57:37Z")
The places I can and will walk to are: Taco Bell Wendy’s O’Charleys A Movie Theater (hey popcorn) Paradise South of the Border Paradise Grill (owned by the same people, right next door) Capozzi’s Pizza Chepe’s (mexican) Publix Kroger Jersey Mikes deli Ming Dynasty Buddha’s Delight Aspen’s Steakhouse Rosa’s Pizza Bullock’s (a liquor store owned by the cousin of Sandra Bullock, I am not kidding) Boston Market Asahi (sushi and hibachi) Einstein’s bagels All of that is literally on one intersection. We also have a hardware store. I think we’d make a great zombie stronghold with all of this nearby. And we are in a very tree-heavy residential area. ---
**Author:** ![meflin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@meflin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meflin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/44 "2012-01-21T00:10:57Z")
275 places in 2 miles for me on yelp. Just the places I have been to before that I would be happy to go spend some money at. Jaya Asian Grill Pan : Asian Malaysian, Singaporean Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill(x2) :think chipotle does falfle Little Anita’s : New Mexico grub Damascus Restaurant : mm Persian food Breakfast Inn : greek diner/breakfast Palace Chinese Restaurant : Vietnamese/Chinese Kokoro : Japanese Spicy Thai : Thai food Basil Doc’s Pizza La Cocina De Marcos : Mexican Monaco Inn : Greek food Ya Hala : middle eastern There are 1-2 dozen that I need to visit for the first time. Meflin ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/45 "2012-01-21T00:36:38Z")
Way too many to name. [http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1C1TSNJ\_enUS437US437&q=2319+e+highland+ave+phoenix+az&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x872b0d6e3a9cf227:0xb624e7a5db725557,2319+E+Highland+Ave,+Phoenix,+AZ+85016&gl=us&ei=SwQaT\_vRIszFsQK7-MG1Cw&sa=X&oi=geocode\_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCAQ8gEwAA](http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1C1TSNJ_enUS437US437&q=2319+e+highland+ave+phoenix+az&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x872b0d6e3a9cf227:0xb624e7a5db725557,2319+E+Highland+Ave,+Phoenix,+AZ+85016&gl=us&ei=SwQaT_vRIszFsQK7-MG1Cw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCAQ8gEwAA) Let’s see. [Christophers](http://christophersaz.com/) [Black Chile](http://blackchile.com/) [Arribas](http://www.arribamexicangrill.com/) There are also plenty of chains, everything from Ruth Chiris to Chilis to Taco Bell. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/46 "2012-01-21T00:46:04Z")
For me: McDonald’s Burger King Wendy’s Taco Bell/Long John Silvers Pizza Hut Subway Blimpie’s A local pizza place Another pizza/fried chicken restaurant A new steak and seafood place An italian restaurant An old-fashioned diner Chinese takeout Yet another pizza place. Still yet another pizza place Dunkin Donuts Papa John’s Pizza A bagel shop Popeye’s Chicken KFC ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/47 "2012-01-21T00:58:09Z")
Here in Bangkok, I live literally within a five minutes’ walk of two (2) Starbucks, plus a MacDonald’s, KFC, Swensen’s ice cream, Pizza Company (local Pizza Hut clone), Subway sandwich shop and Mister Donut. If I cared to walk 10-15 minutes, I’d find another MacDonalds and another Mister Donut, a Dunkin’ Donuts and an Au Bon Pain. Probably more, but that’s all I can think of. Lots of Thai, Japanese, Chinese and even Vietnamese eateries sprinkled among those too. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/48 "2012-01-21T02:09:05Z")
5 minutes? None. 10 minutes? None. All the commercial areas are at least 15 minutes away. We used to have a small gas station across the river that served sandwiches, but they’ve been closed since August thanks to Hurricane Irene. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/49 "2012-01-21T22:18:23Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > 5 minutes? None. 10 minutes? None. All the commercial areas are at least 15 minutes away. We used to have a small gas station across the river that served sandwiches, but they’ve been closed since August thanks to Hurricane Irene. When was a kid the nearest gas station was not in walking limit. Nor was anything else. And my parents have since moved even farther out. I don’t see how they stand it but I know my mother appreciates internet. My dad, well, I think he’d be happy as Grizzly Adams. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/50 "2012-01-21T22:50:21Z")
Metromix Chicago lists [165 restaurants](http://chicago.metromix.com/facets/restaurants/loc.chicago_market.chicago.northwest.bucktown_wicker_park) in my neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/51 "2012-01-22T00:20:01Z")
My neighborhood itself is pretty grim- it’s basically a couple of Ethiopian grocers who will make you a microwaved sandwichs and a handful of bulletproof-glass Chinese take-out joints. But if I walk about 10 minutes, I have my choice of hundreds of establishments. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/52 "2012-01-22T03:14:23Z")
Within a mile: 7-Eleven (two) Giant Food Store Target Outback Steakhouse Crystal Thai McDonald’s (two) Popeye’s Flavors (soul food, IIRC) Andy’s (Chinese takeout) Ginger Beef (Chinese takeout) Great American Steak & Buffet Meaza (Ethiopian) Little Quiapo Olive Garden Bamian (Afgani) Restaurante El Salvador Dairy Queen Cici’s Pizza Babylon Futbol Cafe Bamboo Buffet (Chinese) Dunkin’ Donuts Baskin Robbins Duangrat’s Thai Sâuçá Subway City Diner Einstein Bros. Bagels Pho Golden Cow Chili’s Jerusalem KFC 5600 Grill Panera Bread Edy’s Chicken & Steak Quizno’s Bread and Kabob Moe’s Southwest Grill Trader Joe’s Starbucks Athens Vinh Loi Kampo Chicken Place Cafe Sazon The Perfect Pita Vocelli Pizza Pizza Hut (take out/delivery) Papa John’s New World Atlacatl La Madeline Ruby Tuesday Golden Chicken ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/53 "2012-01-22T06:29:10Z")
I live in a small town just outside of Nashville. Using the OP’s original limit of within two miles, no crossing major thouroughfares or walking where there are no sidewalks, this is what I came up with: Donut Palace Whitt’s BBQ Applebee’s Jack-in-the-Box WalMart deli Daily’s Chinese Buffet Gondola (Greek and Italian) El Molino (Mexican) Cici’s Pizza Maggie Moo’s La Loma (Mexican) Legand’s Sports Bar Demo’s Steaks and Spaghetti Uncle Pete’s Truck Stop City Limits Cafe Five minutes by car would also include a couple of sushi joints, several meat and threes, most of the chains, an Italian place, several Chinese places (sitdown, buffet and takeout), a bunch of grocery store and gas station delis, a good Thai takeout, a number of Mexican, a bunch of bars and several barbeque places. Although there are a few, we are sorely lacking coffee places here. ☹ I’ve likely missed some and I’m only half an hour from Nashville (when I want something different), but I have some pretty good choices. ---
**Author:** ![DeweyDecibel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DeweyDecibel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeweyDecibel)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/54 "2012-01-22T12:08:43Z")
Most of mine are local or local chains so naming them specifically would help stalkers ( 😃 ) so they get creative names like “Greek place” I live in a house in a tree filled lot, older suburban, and I think I have a good number of options. Within an easy mile or 1.5 mile walk, sidewalks, crosswalks, etc: Panera Chipotle Starbucks dessert place Mexican place frozen yogurt greek place chinese place grocery store with large food court/prepared foods eat in options Caribou coffee Italian place diner bar and grill bakery italian place wendys soups/salads pizza 1.5-2.5 miles pizza bar and grill ice cream Greek place Greek takeout (associated with aforementioned Greek place) Subway sandwiches McDonalds local coffee shop Japanese and sushi Gourmet pizza wine bar caribou coffee asian fusion whole foods chinese frozen yogurt bagels ---
**Author:** ![EvilMinion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@EvilMinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilMinion)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/55 "2012-01-22T12:21:43Z")
I live in suburbia, within walking distance there’s a great pizza place and a couple of delis, one of which does dinner. If I was to drive 5 - 10 minutes there’s a fish and chip shop, a Thai restaurant (called Thai Wunon) and a French bakery that’s only open during the day. Another 5 minutes and there’s a McDonald’s and a nation-wide pizza chain restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/56 "2012-01-22T14:48:27Z")
> [@Eva\_Luna](#): > > I live in an Arab/Mexican/Ecuadorean/Korean neighborhood. Metromix lists 36 places in my neighborhood (judging by what they include, about a mile radius). Almost none are chains. Yelp lists 386 within 2 miles, 155 within 1 mile: Korean, Afghan, Dutch, pan-Arab, Mexican, Italian, Thai, Colombian, Chinese, Japanese, Algerian, Korean-Mexican, pan-Latin, “modern European” (sounds Serbian by the dishes mentioned), Salvadoran, Iraqi (mostly Assyrian)… > > I love my neighborhood. 😃 I’m jealous! I don’t live in a densely-populated area so there’s not much within a mile. Within two miles or so: McDonalds BK Romas Italian A couple of small diners. That’s it, I think. Besides some liquor stores and a gas station. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/57 "2012-01-22T18:23:34Z")
I was curious, so according to Yelp there are 121 restaurants/delis/fast food options _within 4 blocks_ of my apartment. If I change that to within 1 mile, it comes up with 584. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/58 "2012-01-22T21:59:38Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I was curious, so according to Yelp there are 121 restaurants/delis/fast food options _within 4 blocks_ of my apartment. Ok, maybe I should have asked “how many people who live in a 4 bedroom home on a 1/2 acre lot…” 😃 If I changed it to 4 blocks my list would be zero. Actually, I find this really interesting just how much is available to many people here, and we mostly take it all for granted. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111/59 "2012-01-25T20:20:55Z")
Within 2 miles, 282 restaurants. Within 1 mile (true walking distance IMO) is 60. I would increase the “real” numbers by 30% since lots of places aren’t on Yelp around here. As for the places I frequent/ on my radar that I actually do walk to or pass by on my way elsewhere are -Two Thai restaurants -3 cheap breakfast joints - 7-10 bars, 3 of which offer very good draft selections - 4 or 5 family owned pizzerias - 3 upscale restaurants - several other ethnic places like Indian, Mexican - plenty of cheap Chinese - Vietnamese - two Italian grocery stores - several independent coffee shops and a Starbucks - subway, panera, other “healthy” fast casual joints The list goes on! Because I’m picky I’ll often go to the “best” ethnic place when I’m craving that particular cuisine. My neighborhood is the best in terms of walking distance to restaurants I frequent but I won’t go to the Indian or pho places here just because they’re close, I’ll drive the 5 to 15 minutes to get the best ones. But I love where I live and am reminded of it constantly whenever visiting my future in laws or my family, who live in the suburbs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-neighborhood-food/610111.md?page=2)