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Where to eat in Delray Beach, FL
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A few places to eat in Delray Beach
- Caliente Kitchen Mexican · under 0.1 miles
8 E Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach - Tapas35 Mediterranean · under 0.1 miles
4 E Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach - Jimmy's Bistro · under 0.1 miles
9 S Swinton Ave, Delray Beach - Elisabetta's Ristorante Bar Pizzeria Italian · under 0.1 miles
32 E Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach - Avalon | Beach House · 0.1 miles
110 E Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach
The closest few by distance from central Delray 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 Delray Beach.
The food scene in Delray Beach
Open listings put 330 places to eat within 2 miles of central Delray Beach, 163 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (31), Italian (21) and American (18). 10 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Delray Beach is health food, Caribbean and chocolate — types that are listed here at 4 to 6 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 31 Italian 21 American 18 Coffee 13 Breakfast & brunch 12 Bakery 12 Steakhouse 11 Sandwiches 10 Mexican 9 Seafood 9
The food in Delray Beach
Delray 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 Delray Beach
Delray Beach has a population of about 64,072. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Delray 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 Delray Beach?
Delray Beach sits in Palm Beach County, where the Census counts 1,340 full-service restaurants, 1,046 limited-service places, 372 cafés and snack bars and 93 bars — 2,851 places to eat or drink in all. Delray Beach makes up about 4% of the county's population.
That works out at 19.1 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. 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 West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Wellington, Jupiter, Palm Beach Gardens, Greenacres, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Delray Beach.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Delray Beach
- Boynton Beach, FL — about 5 miles away
- Boca Raton, FL — about 7 miles away
- Deerfield Beach, FL — about 10 miles away
- Greenacres, FL — about 12 miles away
- Pompano Beach, FL — about 16 miles away
- Coconut Creek, FL — about 16 miles away
Campuses in and near Delray Beach
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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