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Where to eat in Peabody, MA
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A few places to eat in Peabody
- Little Depot Diner Diner · 0.1 miles
1 Railroad Ave, Peabody - Famiglia Fornaciari - Peabody Brazilian · 0.1 miles
49A Lowell St, Peabody - Pete's A Place Pizza · 0.1 miles
19 Central St, Peabody - The NexMex Thing Mexican · 0.1 miles
5 Central St, Peabody - Brodie's Gastropub · 0.1 miles
10 Lowell St, Peabody
The closest few by distance from central Peabody, 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 Peabody.
The food scene in Peabody
Open listings put 283 places to eat within 2 miles of central Peabody, 37 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (35), American (19) and bakery (19). 16 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Peabody is Brazilian and Asian — types that are listed here at 2 to 16 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 35 American 19 Bakery 19 Italian 12 Chinese 11 Donuts 9 Ice cream 9 Coffee 9 Mexican 8 Bar & grill 8
The food in Peabody
Peabody 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 Peabody 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 Peabody
Peabody has a population of about 52,044. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Peabody, 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 Peabody?
Peabody sits in Essex County, where the Census counts 690 full-service restaurants, 597 limited-service places, 256 cafés and snack bars and 54 bars — 1,597 places to eat or drink in all. Peabody makes up about 6% of the county's population.
That works out at 19.8 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 Lynn, Lawrence, Haverhill, Methuen, Salem, Beverly, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Peabody.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Peabody
- Salem, MA — about 2 miles away
- Beverly, MA — about 3 miles away
- Lynn, MA — about 4 miles away
- Revere, MA — about 9 miles away
- Malden, MA — about 10 miles away
- Everett, MA — about 10 miles away
Campuses in and near Peabody
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Salem State University
- North Shore Community College
- Tufts University
- Bunker Hill Community College
- Suffolk University
- Merrimack College
- Emerson College
- Harvard University
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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