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Where to eat in Passaic, NJ
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A few places to eat in Passaic
- Los Paisas Bakery Bakery · 0.2 miles
143 Broadway, Passaic - San Antonio Mexican · 0.2 miles
101 Broadway, Passaic - El Mamut Peruvian · 0.2 miles
91 Broadway, Passaic - Pinas Locas Quetzaly Latin American · 0.2 miles
73 Broadway, Passaic - Roman's Pizzeria Restaurant Pizza · 0.2 miles
31 Broadway, Passaic
The closest few by distance from central Passaic, 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 Passaic.
The food scene in Passaic
Open listings put 598 places to eat within 2 miles of central Passaic, 100 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: Mexican (80), pizza (51) and bakery (41). 18 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Passaic is Peruvian, Dominican and Colombian — types that are listed here at 17 to 24 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Mexican 80 Pizza 51 Bakery 41 Chinese 32 Peruvian 32 Italian 22 Latin American 22 Deli 19 Sandwiches 15 Donuts 13
The food in Passaic
Passaic 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 Passaic 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 Passaic
Passaic has a population of about 70,868. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Passaic, 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 Passaic?
Passaic sits in Passaic County, where the Census counts 411 full-service restaurants, 389 limited-service places, 116 cafés and snack bars and 75 bars — 991 places to eat or drink in all. Passaic makes up about 14% of the county's population.
That works out at 19.1 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 Paterson, Clifton, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Passaic.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Passaic
- Clifton, NJ — about 2 miles away
- Paterson, NJ — about 5 miles away
- Hackensack, NJ — about 5 miles away
- Kearny, NJ — about 6 miles away
- East Orange, NJ — about 7 miles away
- West New York, NJ — about 8 miles away
Campuses in and near Passaic
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Montclair State University
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus
- Bergen Community College
- William Paterson University of New Jersey
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Rutgers University-Newark
- Essex County College
- Columbia University in the City of New York
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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