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Where to eat in Moorhead, MN
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A few places to eat in Moorhead
- Black Cat Bakery Bakery · under 0.1 miles
801 Main Ave Ste 102, Moorhead - Usher's House American · 0.2 miles
700 1st Ave N, Moorhead - Everest Tikka House Indian · 0.2 miles
420 Center Ave, Moorhead - Pizza Patrol Pizza · 0.3 miles
104 4th St S, Moorhead - Vic's Bar & Grill Bar and Grill · 0.3 miles
512 Center Ave, Moorhead
The closest few by distance from central Moorhead, 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 Moorhead.
The food scene in Moorhead
Open listings put 174 places to eat within 2 miles of central Moorhead, 19 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (20), sandwiches (12) and American (11). 17 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Moorhead is Vietnamese and Thai — types that are listed here at 2 to 3 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 20 Sandwiches 12 American 11 Bakery 9 Mexican 8 Coffee 6 Bar & grill 5 Burgers 5 Thai 4 Ice cream 4
The food in Moorhead
Moorhead 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 Moorhead 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 Moorhead
Moorhead has a population of about 39,398. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Moorhead, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
Eating out in Moorhead means knowing where to look
Moorhead sits in Clay County, where the Census counts 27 full-service restaurants, 38 limited-service places, 7 cafés and snack bars and 13 bars — 85 places to eat or drink in all. Moorhead makes up about 60% of the county's population.
That is 13 per 10,000 residents, well under the national median of 19.4. Worth widening the search radius here — the best option is often in the next town. Counter service clearly outnumbers sit-down — more a drive-through town than a linger-over-dinner one.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Moorhead
- Fargo, ND — about 1 miles away
- Grand Forks, ND — about 74 miles away
- St. Cloud, MN — about 153 miles away
- Bismarck, ND — about 189 miles away
- Maple Grove, MN — about 200 miles away
- Coon Rapids, MN — about 201 miles away
Campuses in and near Moorhead
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
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