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Where to eat in Pico Rivera, CA
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A few places to eat in Pico Rivera
- Yume Japanese Restaurant Japanese · under 0.1 miles
6730 Rosemead Blvd, Pico Rivera - Dal Rae Restaurant Steakhouse · under 0.1 miles
9023 Washington Blvd, Pico Rivera - Zapien's Salsa Grill Mexican · 0.1 miles
6702 Rosemead Blvd, Pico Rivera - Zen Buffet Asian · 0.2 miles
8800 Washington Blvd, Pico Rivera - Alondra's Hot Wings, Pizza, Pasta Chicken Wings · 0.2 miles
8746 Washington Blvd, Pico Rivera
The closest few by distance from central Pico Rivera, 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 Pico Rivera.
The food scene in Pico Rivera
Open listings put 290 places to eat within 2 miles of central Pico Rivera, 46 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: Mexican (65), bakery (20) and pizza (20). 31 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Pico Rivera is Salvadoran, Mexican and wings — 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:
Mexican 65 Bakery 20 Pizza 20 Burgers 12 Chinese 11 Donuts 10 Sandwiches 8 Ice cream 8 Seafood 6 Dessert 5
The food in Pico Rivera
Pico Rivera 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 Pico Rivera 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 Pico Rivera
Pico Rivera has a population of about 63,771. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Pico Rivera, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
How well supplied is Pico Rivera?
Pico Rivera sits in Los Angeles County, where the Census counts 8,227 full-service restaurants, 9,336 limited-service places, 3,530 cafés and snack bars and 723 bars — 21,816 places to eat or drink in all. Pico Rivera makes up about 1% of the county's population.
That is 22 per 10,000 residents, comfortably above the national median of 19.4. Enough range that the deciding takes longer than the eating. Counter service edges out sit-down, which is the national norm.
Those county figures also cover Los Angeles, Long Beach, Glendale, Santa Clarita, Lancaster, Palmdale, Pomona, Torrance and 38 more, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Pico Rivera.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Pico Rivera
- Montebello, CA — about 3 miles away
- Bell Gardens, CA — about 3 miles away
- Downey, CA — about 4 miles away
- Whittier, CA — about 4 miles away
- Norwalk, CA — about 6 miles away
- Monterey Park, CA — about 6 miles away
Campuses in and near Pico Rivera
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Rio Hondo College
- East Los Angeles College
- Cerritos College
- California State University-Los Angeles
- Biola University
- Compton College
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College
- Long Beach City College
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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