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Restaurants near campus

Restaurants near State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota (SCF)

Every place to eat within a mile of State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota, closest first, including Five-O Donut Co and Peach's Restaurant - 26th Street.

Every place to eat within a mile of SCF

37 places, closest first. 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 (11)

A 10- to 20-minute walk · half a mile to a mile (26)

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 SCF.

Can't decide between them? Say what you're craving and Savor Scout picks one near Bradenton, FL.

The food scene around SCF

37places to eat within 1 mile
57%independent, not chains
0coffee shops and cafés

Open listings put 37 places to eat within 1 mile of SCF, 9 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile), and 278 within 3 miles. The most common: pizza (8) and Chinese (4). 4 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 14th St (16), 26th St W (8), 34th St W (7) and 53rd Ave W (5).

What stands out around SCF is Chinese, Italian and pizza — types that are listed here at 2 to 4 times the national rate.

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

Pizza 8 Chinese 4 Sandwiches 3 Italian 3 Seafood 2

Popular cravings near SCF, within 1 mile: Asian food (7 places). Each guide covers what to order and how to tell a good kitchen from an average one.

Food guides for SCF

Pizza near SCF 8 Asian Food near SCF 7

Eating on a student budget near SCF

Cheap and bad overlap much less than price filters suggest. Of the places listed nearby, 4 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 SCF.

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 SCF and call ahead.

The campus

  • Location — Bradenton, FL
  • Other names, current or former — SCF
  • Setting — in a suburb
  • 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 St. Petersburg, FL, about 23 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 SCF

What restaurants are near SCF?
A few to start with, nearest first: Five-O Donut Co (donut shop, 0.4 mi), Peach's Restaurant - 26th Street (breakfast and brunch, 0.4 mi), Apizza Center (pizza, 0.5 mi), Il Farinaio Grille (italian, 0.7 mi) and The Italian Way. They are chosen local-first, then listed by distance; a starting point, not a ranking.
How many places to eat are near SCF?
Open map listings put 37 places to eat within 1 mile, 9 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 278 within 3 miles. About 57% are independent rather than chains; none are coffee shops or cafés and 4 are fast-food counters.
Where is the food near SCF?
The busiest streets are 14th St (16 places), 26th St W (8 places), 34th St W (7 places) and 53rd Ave W (5 places).
What kind of food is near SCF?
The most common types are pizza (8), Chinese (4), sandwiches (3) and Italian (3). Unusually common compared with the rest of the country: Chinese, Italian and pizza.

Nearby campuses

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