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Where to eat in Lakewood, CO
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A few places to eat in Lakewood
- Froyo Zone Frozen Yogurt Shop · under 0.1 miles
650 S Wadsworth Blvd, Lakewood - Yellowbelly Chicken · 0.3 miles
444 S Wadsworth Blvd, Lakewood - Mono GoGo Korean · 0.3 miles
450 S Teller St, Lakewood - Tstreet Roadhouse Gastropub · 0.3 miles
445 S Teller St, Lakewood - Poke We Poke · 0.3 miles
7357 W Alaska Dr, Lakewood
The closest few by distance from central Lakewood, 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 Lakewood.
The food scene in Lakewood
Open listings put 211 places to eat within 2 miles of central Lakewood, 51 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: Mexican (38), pizza (18) and bakery (10). 20 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Lakewood is ramen, Mexican and tacos — types that are listed here at 2 to 7 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Mexican 38 Pizza 18 Bakery 10 Sandwiches 10 Burgers 7 Ice cream 7 Chicken 5 Chinese 5 Thai 4 Tacos 4
The food in Lakewood
Lakewood 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood
Lakewood has a population of about 147,214. A city this size has real range, and range is what makes the decision slow. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Lakewood, 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 Lakewood?
Lakewood sits in Jefferson County, where the Census counts 461 full-service restaurants, 453 limited-service places, 161 cafés and snack bars and 61 bars — 1,136 places to eat or drink in all. Lakewood makes up about 25% of the county's population.
That works out at 19.6 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. Sit-down and counter-service places are close to balanced, with the edge to sit-down.
Those county figures also cover Arvada, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Lakewood.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
What are you craving in Lakewood?
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Near Lakewood
- Denver, CO — about 5 miles away
- Arvada, CO — about 7 miles away
- Littleton, CO — about 7 miles away
- Westminster, CO — about 9 miles away
- Commerce City, CO — about 11 miles away
- Thornton, CO — about 13 miles away
Campuses in and near Lakewood
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Colorado Christian University
- Red Rocks Community College
- Metropolitan State University of Denver
- Community College of Denver
- Regis University
- University of Denver
- Arapahoe Community College
- Colorado School of Mines
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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