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Restaurants near University of South Dakota (USD)

Every place to eat within a mile of the University of South Dakota, closest first, including Mexico Viejo Mexican Restaurant and Heck's Dakota Style BBQ.

Every place to eat within a mile of USD

44 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 (10)

About a 10-minute walk · a quarter to half a mile (15)

A 10- to 20-minute walk · half a mile to a mile (19)

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 USD.

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

The food scene around USD

46places to eat within 1 mile
50%independent, not chains
2coffee shops and cafés

Open listings put 46 places to eat within 1 mile of USD, 25 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile), and 47 within 3 miles. The most common: pizza (8), Mexican (5) and bagels (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 E Cherry St (16), Main St (11), E Clark St (7) and Bower St (3).

What stands out around USD is bagels — a type that is listed here at about 12 times the national rate.

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

Pizza 8 Mexican 5 Bagels 3 Sandwiches 2 Ice cream 2 Coffee 2 Chinese 2 Steakhouse 2 Gastropub 2

Popular cravings near USD, within 1 mile: Mexican food (5 places). Each guide covers what to order and how to tell a good kitchen from an average one.

Food guides for USD

Pizza near USD 8

Eating on a student budget near USD

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 USD.

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 USD and call ahead.

The campus

  • Location — Vermillion, SD
  • Other names, current or former — USD
  • 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 Sioux Falls, SD, about 53 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 USD

What restaurants are near USD?
A few to start with, nearest first: Mexico Viejo Mexican Restaurant (mexican, 0.1 mi), Heck's Dakota Style BBQ (barbecue, 0.3 mi), Little Italy's Pizzeria (italian, 0.3 mi), Mister Smith's (bakery, 0.4 mi) and Agua Fresh Vermillion (health food, 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 USD?
Open map listings put 46 places to eat within 1 mile, 25 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 47 within 3 miles. About 50% are independent rather than chains; 2 are coffee shops or cafés and 6 are fast-food counters.
Where is the food near USD?
The busiest streets are E Cherry St (16 places), Main St (11 places), E Clark St (7 places) and Bower St (3 places).
What kind of food is near USD?
The most common types are pizza (8), Mexican (5) and bagels (3). Unusually common compared with the rest of the country: bagels.

Nearby campuses

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