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Where to eat in Germantown, TN
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A few places to eat in Germantown
- Elfo's Restaurant Italian · under 0.1 miles
2285 S Germantown Rd, Germantown - Sufi's Mediterranean Grill and Bar Mediterranean · 0.2 miles
7609 Poplar Pike, Germantown - Miss Muff'n Bakery · 0.3 miles
7511 Queens Ct, Germantown - West Street Diner Diner · 0.4 miles
2076 West St, Germantown - American Cafe American · 0.4 miles
2055 West St, Germantown
The closest few by distance from central Germantown, 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 Germantown.
The food scene in Germantown
Open listings put 102 places to eat within 2 miles of central Germantown, 36 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (11), bakery (6) and sandwiches (5). 7 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Germantown is salad, Mediterranean and Asian fusion — types that are listed here at 5 to 10 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 11 Bakery 6 Sandwiches 5 Mexican 5 Mediterranean 4 Japanese 4 Italian 3 Salad 3 Burgers 3 Asian fusion 3
The food in Germantown
Germantown 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 Germantown 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 Germantown
Germantown has a population of about 39,375. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Germantown, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
Germantown is a little thinner on options than average
Germantown sits in Shelby County, where the Census counts 652 full-service restaurants, 776 limited-service places, 141 cafés and snack bars and 47 bars — 1,616 places to eat or drink in all. Germantown makes up about 4% of the county's population.
That is 17.4 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 Memphis, Bartlett, Collierville, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Germantown.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Germantown
- Collierville, TN — about 9 miles away
- Bartlett, TN — about 9 miles away
- Southaven, MS — about 13 miles away
- Memphis, TN — about 14 miles away
- Jackson, TN — about 67 miles away
- Jonesboro, AR — about 73 miles away
Campuses in and near Germantown
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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