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Where to eat in Quincy, IL
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A few places to eat in Quincy
- The Bridge Bar & Grill Bar and Grill · 0.1 miles
301 Spring St, Quincy - Tiramisu Italian · 0.2 miles
131 N 4th St, Quincy - Sidell's Bakery Bakery · 0.2 miles
500 Hampshire St, Quincy - Seoul 2 Soul Bistro Korean · 0.2 miles
218 N 6th St, Quincy - The District Grill Barbecue · 0.2 miles
534 Hampshire St, Quincy
The closest few by distance from central Quincy, 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 Quincy.
The food scene in Quincy
Open listings put 81 places to eat within 2 miles of central Quincy, 25 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: bar & grill (13), pizza (7) and American (6). 7 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Quincy is bar & grill — a type that is listed here at about 6 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Bar & grill 13 Pizza 7 American 6 Sandwiches 4 Bakery 4 Barbecue 3 Burgers 3 Ice cream 3 Steakhouse 2 Italian 2
The food in Quincy
Quincy 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 Quincy
Quincy has a population of about 40,915. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Quincy, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
How well supplied is Quincy?
Quincy sits in Adams County, where the Census counts 54 full-service restaurants, 40 limited-service places, 16 cafés and snack bars and 30 bars — 140 places to eat or drink in all. Quincy makes up about 62% of the county's population.
That is 21.3 per 10,000 residents, comfortably above the national median of 19.4. Enough range that the deciding takes longer than the eating. Unusually, sit-down restaurants outnumber counter-service ones. Nationally it runs close to even and most places tilt the other way, so this is a town that eats at tables.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Quincy
- Columbia, MO — about 84 miles away
- O'Fallon, MO — about 86 miles away
- St. Peters, MO — about 89 miles away
- St. Charles, MO — about 93 miles away
- Springfield, IL — about 94 miles away
- Florissant, MO — about 98 miles away
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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