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Restaurants near University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP)

Every place to eat within a mile of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, closest first, including Backyard Grill - Pembroke and The Wing Company.

Every place to eat within a mile of UNCP

25 places, closest first. Distances are straight-line from the campus, so a walk runs a little longer.

Right by campus · about a 5-minute walk (2)

About a 10-minute walk · a quarter to half a mile (16)

A 10- to 20-minute walk · half a mile to a mile (7)

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 UNCP.

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The food scene around UNCP

26places to eat within 1 mile
27%independent, not chains
0coffee shops and cafés

Open listings put 26 places to eat within 1 mile of UNCP, 17 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile), and 40 within 3 miles. The most common: burgers (4), sandwiches (3) and pizza (3). 6 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 W 3rd St (13) and Third St (3).

What stands out around UNCP is burgers and sandwiches — types that are listed here at 3 to 6 times the national rate.

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

Burgers 4 Sandwiches 3 Pizza 3 Barbecue 2

Eating on a student budget near UNCP

Cheap and bad overlap much less than price filters suggest. Of the places listed nearby, 6 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 UNCP.

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 UNCP and call ahead.

The campus

  • Location — Pembroke, NC
  • Other names, current or former — UNCP
  • Setting — in a college town
  • 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 Fayetteville, NC, about 31 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 UNCP

What restaurants are near UNCP?
A few to start with, nearest first: Backyard Grill - Pembroke (burger, 0.3 mi), Flipped and Fresh (sandwich shop, 0.3 mi), Mikoto Express (asian, 0.4 mi), China Eight (chinese, 0.5 mi) and Papa Bill's B.B.Q. (barbecue, 0.7 mi). They are chosen local-first, then listed by distance; a starting point, not a ranking.
How many places to eat are near UNCP?
Open map listings put 26 places to eat within 1 mile, 17 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 40 within 3 miles. About 27% are independent rather than chains; none are coffee shops or cafés and 6 are fast-food counters.
Where is the food near UNCP?
The busiest streets are W 3rd St (13 places) and Third St (3 places).
What kind of food is near UNCP?
The most common types are burgers (4), sandwiches (3) and pizza (3). Unusually common compared with the rest of the country: burgers and sandwiches.

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