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Where to eat in Belleville, IL
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A few places to eat in Belleville
- Sushi Thai by Samran Thai · 0.2 miles
229 N Illinois St, Belleville - Casa Maria Mexican Grill Mexican · 0.4 miles
100 N High St, Belleville - Abe's Gourmet Popcorn Dessert Shop · 0.4 miles
101 E Main St, Belleville - Bennie's Pizza Pub Pizza · 0.4 miles
113 E Main St, Belleville - Sugar High Bakery & Cafe Bakery · 0.5 miles
100 E Main St, Belleville
The closest few by distance from central Belleville, not a ranking — local places listed ahead of chains. Listings from Overture Maps open data (September 2026); hours and openings change, so check before you go. Want one picked for what you're craving instead? Ask Savor Scout in Belleville.
The food scene in Belleville
Open listings put 95 places to eat within 2 miles of central Belleville, 19 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (10), Mexican (8) and Chinese (7). 15 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Belleville is Chinese and barbecue — 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 10 Mexican 8 Chinese 7 Sandwiches 4 American 4 Bar & grill 4 Barbecue 4 Bakery 3 Seafood 3 Coffee 3
The food in Belleville
Belleville does not have infinite options, and that brings its own problem: you have been to most of them, and picking again is somehow still hard.
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Eating out in Belleville
Belleville has a population of about 42,895. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Belleville, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
Belleville is a little thinner on options than average
Belleville sits in St. Clair County, where the Census counts 158 full-service restaurants, 200 limited-service places, 25 cafés and snack bars and 87 bars — 470 places to eat or drink in all. Belleville makes up about 17% of the county's population.
That is 18.3 per 10,000 residents, a little under the national median of 19.4. Fewer options than average, which makes picking the right one matter more. Counter service clearly outnumbers sit-down — more a drive-through town than a linger-over-dinner one.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Belleville
- St. Louis, MO — about 14 miles away
- Florissant, MO — about 26 miles away
- St. Charles, MO — about 33 miles away
- Chesterfield, MO — about 34 miles away
- St. Peters, MO — about 39 miles away
- O'Fallon, MO — about 44 miles away
Campuses in and near Belleville
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Southwestern Illinois College
- Saint Louis University
- Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
- Washington University in St Louis
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
Maps and Yelp are directories: they rank everything nearby and leave the deciding to you. Savor Scout makes the call and shows its reasoning — the match score, what it beat, and the evidence behind the pick. The underlying place data comes from the same public sources, so the difference is the selection, not the data.
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