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Where to eat in Hattiesburg, MS
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A few places to eat in Hattiesburg
- Jazmo's Bodega Delicatessen · 0.1 miles
631 N Main St, Hattiesburg - Fairley's Wings & More · 0.1 miles
631 Main St, Hattiesburg - Pour Bar · 0.1 miles
128 E Front St Ste A, Hattiesburg - Trattoria Pizzeria Italian · 0.1 miles
128 E Front St, Hattiesburg - Blu Jazz Cafe Cajun and Creole · 0.1 miles
103 E Front St, Hattiesburg
The closest few by distance from central Hattiesburg, 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 Hattiesburg.
The food scene in Hattiesburg
Open listings put 69 places to eat within 2 miles of central Hattiesburg, 23 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: American (5), barbecue (4) and Mexican (4). 6 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Hattiesburg is comfort food, barbecue and seafood — types that are listed here at 2 to 12 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
American 5 Barbecue 4 Mexican 4 Pizza 3 Italian 3 Seafood 3 Comfort food 3 Coffee 3 Chinese 2 Soul food 2
The food in Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg 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 Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg has a population of about 47,556. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Hattiesburg, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
How well supplied is Hattiesburg?
Hattiesburg sits in Forrest County, where the Census counts 58 full-service restaurants, 80 limited-service places, 22 cafés and snack bars and 3 bars — 163 places to eat or drink in all. Hattiesburg makes up about 61% of the county's population.
That is 20.9 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 Hattiesburg
- Gulfport, MS — about 67 miles away
- Biloxi, MS — about 69 miles away
- Meridian, MS — about 79 miles away
- Jackson, MS — about 85 miles away
- Mobile, AL — about 86 miles away
- New Orleans, LA — about 106 miles away
Campuses in and near Hattiesburg
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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