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Where to eat in Montebello, CA
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A few places to eat in Montebello
- Mariscos Y Tacos Mexican · 0.1 miles
1425 W Beverly Blvd, Montebello - Krazy Kabobs Mediterranean · 0.2 miles
1418 W Beverly Blvd, Montebello - BJ's Pizzeria Pizza · 0.2 miles
1424 W Beverly Blvd, Montebello - Broaster Kitchen Chicken · 0.2 miles
1440 W Beverly Blvd, Montebello - Holyda Donuts & Chinese Food Donut Shop · 0.3 miles
1100 W Beverly Blvd, Montebello
The closest few by distance from central Montebello, 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 Montebello.
The food scene in Montebello
Open listings put 306 places to eat within 2 miles of central Montebello, 46 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: Mexican (68), bakery (26) and Chinese (16). 23 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Montebello is Salvadoran, tacos and Mexican — types that are listed here at 3 to 8 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Mexican 68 Bakery 26 Chinese 16 Burgers 14 Pizza 14 Donuts 12 Tacos 9 Sandwiches 8 Chicken 8 Italian 6
The food in Montebello
Montebello 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 Montebello 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 Montebello
Montebello has a population of about 63,495. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Montebello, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
How well supplied is Montebello?
Montebello 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. Montebello 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 Montebello.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Montebello
- Pico Rivera, CA — about 3 miles away
- Monterey Park, CA — about 3 miles away
- Bell Gardens, CA — about 4 miles away
- Rosemead, CA — about 5 miles away
- Whittier, CA — about 5 miles away
- Downey, CA — about 5 miles away
Campuses in and near Montebello
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- East Los Angeles College
- Rio Hondo College
- California State University-Los Angeles
- Pasadena City College
- Cerritos College
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College
- University of the People
- Biola University
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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