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Where to eat in Jonesboro, AR
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A few places to eat in Jonesboro
- Cregeen's Irish Pub · 0.1 miles
201 S Main St, Jonesboro - Sai's Thai Cuisine Thai · 0.1 miles
211 S Main St, Jonesboro - Chef's In American · 0.1 miles
105 Burke Ave, Jonesboro - Brickhouse Grill Cajun and Creole · 0.1 miles
218 S Main St, Jonesboro - City Wok Dim Sum Dim Sum · 0.1 miles
241 S Main St, Jonesboro
The closest few by distance from central Jonesboro, 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 Jonesboro.
The food scene in Jonesboro
Open listings put 123 places to eat within 2 miles of central Jonesboro, 30 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (14), Mexican (13) and American (7). 16 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Jonesboro is shaved ice, barbecue and ice cream — types that are listed here at 2 to 9 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 14 Mexican 13 American 7 Ice cream 7 Barbecue 5 Sandwiches 5 Chicken 4 Bakery 4 Japanese 3 Steakhouse 3
The food in Jonesboro
Jonesboro 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 Jonesboro 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 Jonesboro
Jonesboro has a population of about 71,551. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Jonesboro, 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 Jonesboro?
Jonesboro sits in Craighead County, where the Census counts 84 full-service restaurants, 99 limited-service places, 27 cafés and snack bars and 4 bars — 214 places to eat or drink in all. Jonesboro makes up about 64% of the county's population.
That works out at 19.3 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.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Jonesboro
- Memphis, TN — about 60 miles away
- Bartlett, TN — about 64 miles away
- Southaven, MS — about 70 miles away
- Germantown, TN — about 72 miles away
- Collierville, TN — about 80 miles away
- Jackson, TN — about 107 miles away
Campuses in and near Jonesboro
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
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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