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Where to eat in Folsom, CA
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A few places to eat in Folsom
- Fiori Italian Pizzeria Italian · under 0.1 miles
614 Sutter St, Folsom - Plank Craft Kitchen American · under 0.1 miles
608 Sutter St, Folsom - Pizzeria Classico Pizza · under 0.1 miles
702 Sutter St, Folsom - Hacienda Del Rio Mexican · under 0.1 miles
702 Sutter St Ste M, Folsom - Sutter Street Steakhouse Steakhouse · under 0.1 miles
604 Sutter St, Folsom
The closest few by distance from central Folsom, 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 Folsom.
The food scene in Folsom
Open listings put 219 places to eat within 2 miles of central Folsom, 39 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: Mexican (23), pizza (22) and sandwiches (13). 12 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Folsom is Thai, gastropub and Indian — types that are listed here at 3 to 3 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Mexican 23 Pizza 22 Sandwiches 13 Coffee 13 American 9 Bakery 9 Thai 8 Breakfast & brunch 7 Chinese 7 Indian 5
The food in Folsom
Folsom 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 Folsom 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 Folsom
Folsom has a population of about 73,098. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Folsom, 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 Folsom?
Folsom sits in Sacramento County, where the Census counts 1,092 full-service restaurants, 1,276 limited-service places, 454 cafés and snack bars and 120 bars — 2,942 places to eat or drink in all. Folsom makes up about 5% of the county's population.
That works out at 18.6 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. Counter service edges out sit-down, which is the national norm.
Those county figures also cover Sacramento, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Folsom.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
What are you craving in Folsom?
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Near Folsom
- Citrus Heights, CA — about 6 miles away
- Roseville, CA — about 8 miles away
- Rocklin, CA — about 8 miles away
- Rancho Cordova, CA — about 9 miles away
- Lincoln, CA — about 16 miles away
- Sacramento, CA — about 18 miles away
Campuses in and near Folsom
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Folsom Lake College
- Sierra College
- American River College
- California State University-Sacramento
- Sacramento City 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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