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Where to eat in Northglenn, CO
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A few places to eat in Northglenn
- Chubby's Mexican · 0.4 miles
10737 Washington St, Northglenn - Golden Scoop Chinese · 0.4 miles
536 Malley Dr, Northglenn - Cinzzetti's Buffet · 0.5 miles
281 W 104th Ave, Northglenn - Tokyo Teriyaki Japanese · 0.6 miles
11455 Washington St, Northglenn - European Market Delicatessen · 0.8 miles
10701 Melody Dr suite 101, Northglenn
The closest few by distance from central Northglenn, 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 Northglenn.
The food scene in Northglenn
Open listings put 209 places to eat within 2 miles of central Northglenn, 4 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: Mexican (31), pizza (15) and sandwiches (12). 26 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Northglenn is frozen yogurt, Vietnamese and buffet — types that are listed here at 3 to 4 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Mexican 31 Pizza 15 Sandwiches 12 Burgers 10 Chinese 10 Breakfast & brunch 7 Ice cream 6 Vietnamese 6 Italian 6 Sushi 5
The food in Northglenn
Northglenn 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.
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Eating out in Northglenn
Northglenn has a population of about 37,499. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Northglenn, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
Northglenn is a little thinner on options than average
Northglenn sits in Adams County, where the Census counts 264 full-service restaurants, 374 limited-service places, 86 cafés and snack bars and 41 bars — 765 places to eat or drink in all. Northglenn makes up about 7% of the county's population.
That is 14.7 per 10,000 residents, a little under the national median of 19.4. Fewer options than average, which makes picking the right one matter more. Counter service clearly outnumbers sit-down — more a drive-through town than a linger-over-dinner one.
Those county figures also cover Thornton, Westminster, Commerce City, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Northglenn.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Northglenn
- Thornton, CO — about 2 miles away
- Westminster, CO — about 5 miles away
- Broomfield, CO — about 6 miles away
- Commerce City, CO — about 7 miles away
- Arvada, CO — about 9 miles away
- Denver, CO — about 11 miles away
Campuses in and near Northglenn
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Front Range Community College
- Regis University
- Metropolitan State University of Denver
- Community College of Denver
- University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
- Colorado Christian University
- University of Denver
- Red Rocks Community College
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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