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Where to eat in Newton, MA
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A few places to eat in Newton
- Shiraz Cafe & Restaurant Indian · 0.1 miles
1030 Commonwealth Ave, Newton - Peking Cuisine Chinese · 0.4 miles
870 Walnut St, Newton - Boston Shawarma House of Kebab Mediterranean · 0.4 miles
880 Walnut St, Newton - 4 Corners Pizza Pizza · 0.4 miles
1140 Beacon St, Newton - Manow Thai Kitchen Thai · 0.4 miles
1138 Beacon St, Newton
The closest few by distance from central Newton, 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 Newton.
The food scene in Newton
Open listings put 197 places to eat within 2 miles of central Newton, 14 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (21), bakery (16) and Chinese (9). 7 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Newton is Mediterranean, gastropub and sushi — types that are listed here at 3 to 5 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 21 Bakery 16 Chinese 9 Italian 9 Sushi 8 Mexican 8 American 8 Mediterranean 7 Thai 6 Sandwiches 6
The food in Newton
Newton 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 Newton 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 Newton
Newton has a population of about 87,971. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Newton, 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 Newton?
Newton sits in Middlesex County, where the Census counts 1,381 full-service restaurants, 1,238 limited-service places, 560 cafés and snack bars and 81 bars — 3,260 places to eat or drink in all. Newton makes up about 5% of the county's population.
That works out at 20.1 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 Lowell, Cambridge, Somerville, Waltham, Malden, Medford, Everett, Marlborough and 1 more, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Newton.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Newton
- Waltham, MA — about 3 miles away
- Cambridge, MA — about 6 miles away
- Somerville, MA — about 7 miles away
- Medford, MA — about 8 miles away
- Boston, MA — about 8 miles away
- Everett, MA — about 9 miles away
Campuses in and near Newton
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Boston College
- Brandeis University
- Bentley University
- Boston University
- Harvard University
- MCPHS University
- Simmons University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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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