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Where to eat in Hempstead, NY
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A few places to eat in Hempstead
- Camelitas Mexican · 0.2 miles
400 Fulton Ave, Hempstead - Carozza Pizzetta Pizza · 0.2 miles
352 Fulton Ave, Hempstead - Gusto Latino Bar & Restaurant Latin American · 0.2 miles
387 Fulton Ave, Hempstead - Vybez On The Main Jamaican · 0.3 miles
24 Main St, Hempstead - Fu Gua Chinese Kitchen Chinese · 0.3 miles
11 Main St, Hempstead
The closest few by distance from central Hempstead, 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 Hempstead.
The food scene in Hempstead
Open listings put 387 places to eat within 2 miles of central Hempstead, 62 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: deli (41), pizza (28) and Mexican (21). 24 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Hempstead is Jamaican, Salvadoran and Turkish — types that are listed here at 13 to 20 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Deli 41 Pizza 28 Mexican 21 Chinese 20 Latin American 16 Salvadoran 15 Bakery 14 Jamaican 12 Ice cream 11 Caribbean 9
The food in Hempstead
Hempstead 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 Hempstead 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 Hempstead
Hempstead has a population of about 55,361. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Hempstead, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
Hempstead has more places to eat than most of the country
Hempstead sits in Nassau County, where the Census counts 1,343 full-service restaurants, 1,419 limited-service places, 529 cafés and snack bars and 137 bars — 3,428 places to eat or drink in all. Hempstead makes up about 4% of the county's population.
At 24.7 food businesses per 10,000 residents against a national median of 19.4, this is one of the better-supplied places in the country. Choice is not the constraint here; narrowing it down is. Counter service edges out sit-down, which is the national norm.
Those county figures also cover Freeport, Valley Stream, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Hempstead.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Hempstead
- Freeport, NY — about 4 miles away
- Valley Stream, NY — about 6 miles away
- New Rochelle, NY — about 17 miles away
- Mount Vernon, NY — about 18 miles away
- New York, NY — about 20 miles away
- Yonkers, NY — about 21 miles away
Campuses in and near Hempstead
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Hofstra University
- Molloy University
- Nassau Community College
- Adelphi University
- SUNY Old Westbury
- New York Institute of Technology
- Long Island University
- CUNY Queensborough Community College
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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