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Where to eat in Taunton, MA
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A few places to eat in Taunton
- Stephanie's Breakfast and Brunch · 0.1 miles
67 Main St, Taunton - Hong Kong City Restaurant Dim Sum · 0.1 miles
74 Main St, Taunton - The Pearl Portuguese · 0.1 miles
76 Weir St, Taunton - Ugly Duckling Restaurant & Bar Bar and Grill · 0.1 miles
47 Weir St, Taunton - Tex Barry's Coney Island Hot Dog · 0.2 miles
15 Main St, Taunton
The closest few by distance from central Taunton, 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 Taunton.
The food scene in Taunton
Open listings put 102 places to eat within 2 miles of central Taunton, 34 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (17), donuts (8) and diner (7). 9 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Taunton is donuts and diner — types that are listed here at 5 to 5 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 17 Donuts 8 Diner 7 Sandwiches 5 Chinese 5 Bar & grill 4 Bakery 4 American 3 Coffee 3 Portuguese 3
The food in Taunton
Taunton 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 Taunton 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 Taunton
Taunton has a population of about 56,069. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Taunton, 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 Taunton?
Taunton sits in Bristol County, where the Census counts 462 full-service restaurants, 413 limited-service places, 210 cafés and snack bars and 59 bars — 1,144 places to eat or drink in all. Taunton makes up about 10% 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 New Bedford, Fall River, Attleboro, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Taunton.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Taunton
- Attleboro, MA — about 11 miles away
- Brockton, MA — about 13 miles away
- Fall River, MA — about 14 miles away
- Pawtucket, RI — about 15 miles away
- East Providence, RI — about 16 miles away
- Providence, RI — about 17 miles away
Campuses in and near Taunton
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Bridgewater State University
- Bristol Community College
- Massasoit Community College
- Brown University
- University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
- Rhode Island College
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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