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Where to eat in Inglewood, CA
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A few places to eat in Inglewood
- Jamz Creamery Ice Cream Shop · under 0.1 miles
231 E Manchester Blvd #1717, Inglewood - Cafetales Salvadoran · under 0.1 miles
115 S La Brea Ave, Inglewood - Mutiara Food and Market Asian · under 0.1 miles
225 S La Brea Ave, Inglewood - Emma's Snack Shop Sandwich Shop · 0.1 miles
205 S Market St, Inglewood - Little Belize Restaurant Caribbean · 0.1 miles
217 E Nutwood St, Inglewood
The closest few by distance from central Inglewood, 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 Inglewood.
The food scene in Inglewood
Open listings put 412 places to eat within 2 miles of central Inglewood, 59 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: Mexican (58), pizza (23) and bakery (17). 43 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Inglewood is Ethiopian, African and Salvadoran — types that are listed here at 8 to 21 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Mexican 58 Pizza 23 Bakery 17 Chicken 16 Burgers 16 Donuts 13 Chinese 13 Sandwiches 12 Seafood 12 Tacos 10
The food in Inglewood
Inglewood has more than enough places to eat — the trouble is choosing between them without spending longer deciding than eating.
Savor Scout picks one restaurant in Inglewood 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 Inglewood
Inglewood has a population of about 111,542. A city this size has real range, and range is what makes the decision slow. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Inglewood, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
How well supplied is Inglewood?
Inglewood sits in Los Angeles County, where the Census counts 8,227 full-service restaurants, 9,336 limited-service places, 3,530 cafés and snack bars and 723 bars — 21,816 places to eat or drink in all. Inglewood makes up about 1% of the county's population.
That is 22 per 10,000 residents, comfortably above the national median of 19.4. Enough range that the deciding takes longer than the eating. Counter service edges out sit-down, which is the national norm.
Those county figures also cover Los Angeles, Long Beach, Glendale, Santa Clarita, Lancaster, Palmdale, Pomona, Torrance and 38 more, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Inglewood.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Inglewood
- Hawthorne, CA — about 3 miles away
- Culver City, CA — about 5 miles away
- Gardena, CA — about 6 miles away
- Huntington Park, CA — about 7 miles away
- Redondo Beach, CA — about 8 miles away
- South Gate, CA — about 8 miles away
Campuses in and near Inglewood
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- West Los Angeles College
- Loyola Marymount University
- Los Angeles Southwest College
- University of Southern California
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College
- Santa Monica College
- California State University-Dominguez Hills
- University of California-Los Angeles
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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