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Restaurants near CUNY Graduate School and University Center

4,332 places to eat within a mile of CUNY Graduate Center, closest first, including Meli Restaurant, Royal 35 Steakhouse and Xi'an Famous Foods.

The 50 places to eat closest to CUNY Graduate Center

Closest first, out of 4,332 within a mile. Distances are straight-line from the campus, so a walk runs a little longer.

Right by campus · about a 5-minute walk (50)

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 CUNY Graduate Center.

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The food scene around CUNY Graduate Center

4,332places to eat within 1 mile
78%independent, not chains
193coffee shops and cafés

Open listings put 4,332 places to eat within 1 mile of CUNY Graduate Center, 1,516 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile), and 13,795 within 3 miles. The most common: pizza (257), Italian (243) and American (213). 114 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 3rd Ave (274), 8th Ave (233), 9th Ave (202) and Broadway (187).

What stands out around CUNY Graduate Center is kosher, soup and Spanish — types that are listed here at 5 to 8 times the national rate.

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

Pizza 257 Italian 243 American 213 Coffee 193 Japanese 163 Sushi 155 Bakery 155 Deli 155 Sandwiches 154 Mexican 135

Popular cravings near CUNY Graduate Center, within 1 mile: Asian food (785 places), Mexican food (135), Korean food (94) and Vietnamese food (13). Each guide covers what to order and how to tell a good kitchen from an average one.

Food guides for CUNY Graduate Center

Pizza near CUNY Graduate Center 257 Coffee Shops near CUNY Graduate Center 193 Japanese Food near CUNY Graduate Center 163

Where CUNY Graduate Center stands out

Among the 1,027 campuses on Savor Scout, counting what is within a mile, CUNY Graduate Center ranks near the top for these. Each guide covers what to order and how to tell a good one.

  • #1for sushi — 155 sushi restaurants listed
  • #1for burgers — 103 burger joints listed
  • #1for donuts — 43 donut shops listed
  • #1for tacos — 27 taquerias and taco shops listed
  • #1for poke — 21 poké shops listed
  • #1for buffets — 7 buffets listed
  • #2for pizza — 257 pizzerias listed
  • #2for Japanese food — 163 Japanese restaurants listed

Eating on a student budget near CUNY Graduate Center

Cheap and bad overlap much less than price filters suggest. Of the places listed nearby, 114 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 CUNY Graduate Center.

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 CUNY Graduate Center and call ahead.

The campus

  • Location — New York, NY
  • Other names, current or former — The Graduate Center, CUNY Graduate Center
  • 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.

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Questions about eating near CUNY Graduate Center

What restaurants are near CUNY Graduate Center?
A few to start with, nearest first: Royal 35 Steakhouse (steakhouse, under 0.1 mi), Xi'an Famous Foods (chinese, under 0.1 mi), Oxford Cafe (delicatessen, under 0.1 mi), Bravo Pizza (K) (pizza, 0.1 mi) and Toledo Restaurant (spanish, 0.1 mi). They are chosen local-first, then listed by distance; a starting point, not a ranking.
How many places to eat are near CUNY Graduate Center?
Open map listings put 4,332 places to eat within 1 mile, 1,516 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 13,795 within 3 miles. About 78% are independent rather than chains; 193 are coffee shops or cafés and 114 are fast-food counters.
Where is the food near CUNY Graduate Center?
The busiest streets are 3rd Ave (274 places), 8th Ave (233 places), 9th Ave (202 places) and Broadway (187 places).
What kind of food is near CUNY Graduate Center?
The most common types are pizza (257), Italian (243), American (213) and coffee (193). Unusually common compared with the rest of the country: kosher, soup and Spanish.

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