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Where to eat in Davis, CA
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A few places to eat in Davis
- Manna Restaurant Korean · under 0.1 miles
622 3rd St, Davis - Zia's Delicatessen Delicatessen · under 0.1 miles
616 3rd St, Davis - Mamma Italian · under 0.1 miles
226 F St, Davis - Zumapoke & Lush Ice Hawaiian · under 0.1 miles
730 3rd St, Davis - Tasty Kitchen Chinese · 0.1 miles
335 F St, Davis
The closest few by distance from central Davis, 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 Davis.
The food scene in Davis
Open listings put 207 places to eat within 2 miles of central Davis, 131 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (17), Mexican (13) and Chinese (12). 10 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Davis is Middle Eastern, frozen yogurt and sushi — types that are listed here at 3 to 7 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 17 Mexican 13 Chinese 12 Burgers 10 Coffee 9 Sushi 9 Ice cream 7 Sandwiches 7 Japanese 6 Bakery 6
The food in Davis
Davis 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 Davis 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 Davis
Davis has a population of about 66,205. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Davis, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
Davis is a little thinner on options than average
Davis sits in Yolo County, where the Census counts 147 full-service restaurants, 162 limited-service places, 54 cafés and snack bars and 22 bars — 385 places to eat or drink in all. Davis makes up about 30% of the county's population.
That is 17.7 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 edges out sit-down, which is the national norm.
Those county figures also cover Woodland, West Sacramento, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Davis.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Davis
- Woodland, CA — about 9 miles away
- West Sacramento, CA — about 12 miles away
- Sacramento, CA — about 14 miles away
- Vacaville, CA — about 19 miles away
- Elk Grove, CA — about 22 miles away
- Rancho Cordova, CA — about 24 miles away
Campuses in and near Davis
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- University of California-Davis
- Sacramento City College
- California State University-Sacramento
- Cosumnes River 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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