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Where to eat in Cambridge, MA
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A few places to eat in Cambridge
- Asaro Bakery and Cafe Bakery · 0.1 miles
1629 Cambridge St, Cambridge - C'est Bon French · 0.3 miles
12 Quincy St, Cambridge - Cafe Sushi Sushi · 0.3 miles
1105 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge - Flame Hot Pot And Sushi Chinese · 0.3 miles
1001 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge - The Cellar Food & Drink Gastropub · 0.3 miles
991 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
The closest few by distance from central Cambridge, 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 Cambridge.
The food scene in Cambridge
Open listings put 1,218 places to eat within 2 miles of central Cambridge, 90 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (87), bakery (62) and American (61). 32 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Cambridge is Turkish, Brazilian and Middle Eastern — types that are listed here at 6 to 7 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 87 Coffee 72 Bakery 62 American 61 Mexican 54 Chinese 51 Italian 42 Indian 41 Sushi 35 Thai 33
The food in Cambridge
Cambridge has more than enough places to eat — the trouble is choosing between them without spending longer deciding than eating.
Savor Scout picks one restaurant in Cambridge 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 Cambridge
Cambridge has a population of about 107,289. A city this size has real range, and range is what makes the decision slow. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Cambridge, 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 Cambridge?
Cambridge sits in Middlesex County, where the Census counts 1,381 full-service restaurants, 1,238 limited-service places, 560 cafés and snack bars and 81 bars — 3,260 places to eat or drink in all. Cambridge makes up about 7% of the county's population.
That works out at 20.1 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. Sit-down and counter-service places are close to balanced, with the edge to sit-down.
Those county figures also cover Lowell, Newton, Somerville, Waltham, Malden, Medford, Everett, Marlborough and 1 more, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Cambridge.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
What are you craving in Cambridge?
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Near Cambridge
- Somerville, MA — about 1 miles away
- Boston, MA — about 3 miles away
- Medford, MA — about 3 miles away
- Everett, MA — about 4 miles away
- Chelsea, MA — about 4 miles away
- Malden, MA — about 4 miles away
Campuses in and near Cambridge
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Harvard University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Boston University
- Berklee College of Music
- Bunker Hill Community College
- Simmons University
- Tufts University
- Northeastern University
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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