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Where to eat in Daytona Beach, FL
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A few places to eat in Daytona Beach
- Colasessano's World Famous Pizza & Pepperoni Buns Pizza · 0.1 miles
145 N Ridgewood Ave, Daytona Beach - Don Vito's Italian Restaurant Italian · 0.1 miles
137 W International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Beach - Zen Bistro · 0.2 miles
223 Magnolia Ave, Daytona Beach - Ronin Sushi & Bar Sushi · 0.2 miles
111 W International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Beach - Dancing Avocado Kitchen Vegetarian · 0.2 miles
110 S Beach St, Daytona Beach
The closest few by distance from central Daytona Beach, 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 Daytona Beach.
The food scene in Daytona Beach
Open listings put 239 places to eat within 2 miles of central Daytona Beach, 46 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (34), seafood (18) and American (11). 10 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Daytona Beach is German, Jamaican and soul food — types that are listed here at 8 to 19 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 34 Seafood 18 American 11 Bar & grill 10 Sandwiches 8 Mexican 7 Diner 7 Italian 6 Ice cream 5 Coffee 4
The food in Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach 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 Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach has a population of about 62,316. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Daytona Beach, 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 Daytona Beach?
Daytona Beach sits in Volusia County, where the Census counts 524 full-service restaurants, 408 limited-service places, 92 cafés and snack bars and 81 bars — 1,105 places to eat or drink in all. Daytona Beach makes up about 11% of the county's population.
That works out at 19.8 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. Unusually, sit-down restaurants outnumber counter-service ones. Nationally it runs close to even and most places tilt the other way, so this is a town that eats at tables.
Those county figures also cover Deltona, Port Orange, Ormond Beach, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Daytona Beach.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Daytona Beach
- Port Orange, FL — about 5 miles away
- Ormond Beach, FL — about 6 miles away
- Deltona, FL — about 26 miles away
- Palm Coast, FL — about 28 miles away
- Sanford, FL — about 32 miles away
- Altamonte Springs, FL — about 43 miles away
Campuses in and near Daytona Beach
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Daytona State College
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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