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Restaurants near campus

Restaurants near College of Central Florida (CF)

120 places to eat within a mile of College of Central Florida, closest first, including Lee's Fried Chicken, Ramen House and ROYAL ORCHID THAI Cuisine.

The 50 places to eat closest to CF

Closest first, out of 120 within a mile. Distances are straight-line from the campus, so a walk runs a little longer.

About a 10-minute walk · a quarter to half a mile (40)

A 10- to 20-minute walk · half a mile to a mile (10)

Listings from Overture Maps open data (September 2026), open places with a street address only. Hours and openings change, so check before you go. Want one picked for what you're craving instead? Ask Savor Scout near CF.

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The food scene around CF

120places to eat within 1 mile
32%independent, not chains
0coffee shops and cafés

Open listings put 120 places to eat within 1 mile of CF, 26 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile), and 311 within 3 miles. The most common: pizza (14). 12 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.

Where to walk: the streets with the most places to eat within 1 mile are College Rd (65), 19th Avenue Rd (26), SW 27th Ave (12) and SW 34th Ave (3).

What stands out around CF is steakhouses, chicken and Japanese — types that are listed here at 2 to 3 times the national rate.

By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:

Pizza 14 Burgers 6 Bakery 6 Ice cream 6 Chinese 5 Chicken 5 Sandwiches 5 American 5 Steakhouse 4 Mexican 4

Popular cravings near CF, within 1 mile: Asian food (17 places) and Mexican food (4). Each guide covers what to order and how to tell a good kitchen from an average one.

Food guides for CF

Asian Food near CF 17 Pizza near CF 14

Eating on a student budget near CF

Cheap and bad overlap much less than price filters suggest. Of the places listed nearby, 12 are fast-food counters: the cheapest default, rarely the cheapest good meal. The value is usually in lunch specials, counter service, short menus and dishes built on rice, noodles, bread or beans. Where to eat when you're broke covers what to look for, or search cheap eats near CF.

Need somewhere open right now? These listings do not carry live opening hours, and late at night a fair share of what is listed as open is not. The late-night guide covers how to check before you go, or search late-night food near CF and call ahead.

The campus

  • Location — Ocala, FL
  • Other names, current or former — CF, CCF, Central Florida, Central FL College, Central Fla Coll, Central Fla College
  • Setting — in a city
  • Size — 5,000 to 9,999 students
  • Type — Public four-year institution

Campus figures are from IPEDS, the US Department of Education's institutional survey. Size is reported as the survey's own bracket rather than an exact headcount, because that is what the public dataset gives and we would rather quote it than estimate.

Nearby cities

The nearest city of any real size is Gainesville, FL, about 35 miles away, for the nights the options by campus run out.

Guides worth reading

What to eat during finals week Where to eat when you're broke Where to eat late at night Where to take visiting family and friends Eating out with a dietary restriction

Questions about eating near CF

What restaurants are near CF?
A few to start with, nearest first: Lee's Fried Chicken (chicken, 0.4 mi), Ramen House (japanese, 0.4 mi), ROYAL ORCHID THAI Cuisine (thai, 0.4 mi), Mi Tierra Latina (mexican, 0.4 mi) and Amrit Palace Indian Restaurant (asian, 0.5 mi). They are chosen local-first, then listed by distance; a starting point, not a ranking.
How many places to eat are near CF?
Open map listings put 120 places to eat within 1 mile, 26 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 311 within 3 miles. About 32% are independent rather than chains; none are coffee shops or cafés and 12 are fast-food counters.
Where is the food near CF?
The busiest streets are College Rd (65 places), 19th Avenue Rd (26 places), SW 27th Ave (12 places) and SW 34th Ave (3 places).
What kind of food is near CF?
The most common types are pizza (14), burgers (6), bakeries (6) and ice cream (6). Unusually common compared with the rest of the country: steakhouses, chicken and Japanese.

Nearby campuses

Comparing schools, or eating with friends across town? These are the closest campuses to CF.