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Where to eat in Dothan, AL
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A few places to eat in Dothan
- The Bistro Uptown Bar & Grill American · 0.1 miles
160 S St Andrews St, Dothan - Diablo’s Southwest Grill Texmex · 0.1 miles
131 N Foster St, Dothan - KBC Southern American · 0.1 miles
151 N Foster St #2, Dothan - Sayit Hotdogs & More Hot Dog · 0.2 miles
184 S Oates St, Dothan - Fire Stone Wood Fired Grill Pizza · 0.2 miles
250 S Oates St, Dothan
The closest few by distance from central Dothan, 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 Dothan.
The food scene in Dothan
Open listings put 74 places to eat within 2 miles of central Dothan, 21 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: American (6), pizza (5) and diner (4). 9 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Dothan is diner and American — types that are listed here at 2 to 4 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
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The food in Dothan
Dothan 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 Dothan 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 Dothan
Dothan has a population of about 68,001. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Dothan, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
How well supplied is Dothan?
Dothan sits in Houston County, where the Census counts 88 full-service restaurants, 123 limited-service places, 24 cafés and snack bars and 12 bars — 247 places to eat or drink in all. Dothan makes up about 64% of the county's population.
That is 23.1 per 10,000 residents, comfortably above the national median of 19.4. Enough range that the deciding takes longer than the eating. Counter service clearly outnumbers sit-down — more a drive-through town than a linger-over-dinner one.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Dothan
- Panama City, FL — about 75 miles away
- Albany, GA — about 77 miles away
- Tallahassee, FL — about 85 miles away
- Columbus, GA — about 89 miles away
- Phenix City, AL — about 89 miles away
- Montgomery, AL — about 95 miles away
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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