Savor Scout › Cities › Illinois › Streamwood, IL
Where to eat in Streamwood, IL
Find somewhere to eat in Streamwood →
A few places to eat in Streamwood
- Amy's Kebab Doner Kebab · 0.3 miles
520 S Bartlett Rd, Streamwood - A Slice of Italy Italian · 0.3 miles
26 W Streamwood Blvd, Streamwood - La Poblanita Mexican Cuisine Mexican · 0.5 miles
16 N Bartlett Rd, Streamwood - Danny's Pizza Co Pizza · 0.9 miles
227 E Irving Park Rd, Streamwood - Keep Calm and Eat Cake Bakery · 1.2 miles
402 Garden Cir, Streamwood
The closest few by distance from central Streamwood, 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 Streamwood.
The food scene in Streamwood
Open listings put 113 places to eat within 2 miles of central Streamwood, 3 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: Mexican (17), pizza (14) and sandwiches (7). 11 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Streamwood is Indian and ice cream — types that are listed here at 2 to 3 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Mexican 17 Pizza 14 Sandwiches 7 Ice cream 7 Bakery 6 Chinese 4 Sushi 3 American 3 Indian 3 Chicken 3
The food in Streamwood
Streamwood 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 Streamwood 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 Streamwood
Streamwood has a population of about 40,351. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Streamwood, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
How well supplied is Streamwood?
Streamwood sits in Cook County, where the Census counts 4,260 full-service restaurants, 4,712 limited-service places, 1,149 cafés and snack bars and 891 bars — 11,012 places to eat or drink in all. Streamwood makes up about 1% of the county's population.
That is 21.1 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 Chicago, Cicero, Arlington Heights, Evanston, Schaumburg, Palatine, Skokie, Des Plaines and 13 more, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Streamwood.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
What are you craving in Streamwood?
- tacos in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- pizza in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- sushi in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- burgers in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- ramen in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- wings in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- chinese food in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- italian food in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- thai food in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- mexican food in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- barbecue in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- seafood in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- brunch in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- indian food in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- sandwiches in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
- noodles in Streamwood — what separates a good one from an average one
Near Streamwood
- Bartlett, IL — about 2 miles away
- Hanover Park, IL — about 2 miles away
- Hoffman Estates, IL — about 4 miles away
- Schaumburg, IL — about 5 miles away
- Elgin, IL — about 5 miles away
- Carpentersville, IL — about 8 miles away
Campuses in and near Streamwood
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- William Rainey Harper College
- Elgin Community College
- College of DuPage
- Oakton College
- McHenry County College
- Triton College
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.
Guides
- What to eat when… — 30 guides by situation, from a first date to a hangover to a group of twelve.
- Food guides — what separates a good taco, ramen or pizza from an average one.
- Eating out with a restriction — allergies, halal, kosher, vegan and more.
- Near a campus? — food around 637 US universities.