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Where to eat in Cape Girardeau, MO
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A few places to eat in Cape Girardeau
- Relish- Sandwich Bar & Social Club Sandwich Shop · under 0.1 miles
130 Main St, Cape Girardeau - Sugar Chic Creamery Ice Cream Shop · under 0.1 miles
137 N Main St, Cape Girardeau - Paddlewheel Pizza Pizza · under 0.1 miles
127 N Water St, Cape Girardeau - Bon Bon's Of Cape Girardeau Bakery · under 0.1 miles
125 N Water St, Cape Girardeau - Broussard's Cajun Cuisine Cajun and Creole · 0.1 miles
114 N Main St, Cape Girardeau
The closest few by distance from central Cape Girardeau, 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 Cape Girardeau.
The food scene in Cape Girardeau
Open listings put 106 places to eat within 2 miles of central Cape Girardeau, 32 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (13), barbecue (5) and sandwiches (5). 12 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Cape Girardeau is dessert, barbecue and steakhouse — types that are listed here at 3 to 4 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 13 Barbecue 5 Sandwiches 5 Mexican 5 Italian 4 Chinese 4 American 4 Burgers 3 Dessert 3 Ice cream 3
The food in Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau has a population of about 38,816. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Cape Girardeau, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
How well supplied is Cape Girardeau?
Cape Girardeau sits in Cape Girardeau County, where the Census counts 75 full-service restaurants, 88 limited-service places, 18 cafés and snack bars and 13 bars — 194 places to eat or drink in all. Cape Girardeau makes up about 48% of the county's population.
That is 23.7 per 10,000 residents, comfortably above the national median of 19.4. Enough range that the deciding takes longer than the eating. Counter service edges out sit-down, which is the national norm.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
What are you craving in Cape Girardeau?
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Near Cape Girardeau
- Belleville, IL — about 88 miles away
- St. Louis, MO — about 99 miles away
- Chesterfield, MO — about 110 miles away
- Florissant, MO — about 111 miles away
- St. Charles, MO — about 116 miles away
- Evansville, IN — about 116 miles away
Campuses in and near Cape Girardeau
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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