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Where to eat in Bloomington, MN
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A few places to eat in Bloomington
- Doolittles Woodfire Grill · 0.4 miles
9201 E Bloomington Fwy, Minneapolis - Valentinas Michoacana Ice Cream Shop · 0.5 miles
9040 Lyndale Ave S, Bloomington - Co Tu Oriental Cuisine Restaurant · 0.5 miles
8907 Penn Ave S, Bloomington - Luna Di Luna Italian · 0.5 miles
8820 Lyndale Ave S, Bloomington - Penn Lake Roast Beef Sandwich Shop · 0.5 miles
8911 Penn Ave S, Bloomington
The closest few by distance from central Bloomington, 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 Bloomington.
The food scene in Bloomington
Open listings put 127 places to eat within 2 miles of central Bloomington, 7 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (14), sandwiches (9) and Mexican (7). 20 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Bloomington is Indian — a type that is listed here at about 5 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 14 Sandwiches 9 Mexican 7 Bakery 6 Indian 5 Chinese 5 Bar & grill 4 American 4 Burgers 4 Coffee 3
The food in Bloomington
Bloomington 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.
Savor Scout picks one restaurant in Bloomington and tells you why it picked it. Say what you're craving and it reads menus and reviews for that specific dish, rather than sorting places by overall star rating. Free, runs in the browser, and one search needs no account.
Eating out in Bloomington
Bloomington has a population of about 86,319. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Bloomington, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
How many places to eat are there in Bloomington?
Bloomington sits in Hennepin County, where the Census counts 927 full-service restaurants, 1,108 limited-service places, 311 cafés and snack bars and 96 bars — 2,442 places to eat or drink in all. Bloomington makes up about 7% of the county's population.
That works out at 19.2 per 10,000 residents, which is about level with the national median of 19.4 — a normal amount of choice, and a normal amount of indecision. Counter service edges out sit-down, which is the national norm.
Those county figures also cover Minneapolis, Brooklyn Park, Plymouth, Maple Grove, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Edina, St. Louis Park, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Bloomington.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
What are you craving in Bloomington?
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Near Bloomington
- Edina, MN — about 4 miles away
- Burnsville, MN — about 5 miles away
- Eagan, MN — about 7 miles away
- Apple Valley, MN — about 8 miles away
- Eden Prairie, MN — about 8 miles away
- St. Louis Park, MN — about 9 miles away
Campuses in and near Bloomington
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Normandale Community College
- University of St Thomas
- Minneapolis Community and Technical College
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Concordia University-Saint Paul
- Saint Paul College
- Metropolitan State University
- North Hennepin Community College
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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