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Where to eat in Yakima, WA
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A few places to eat in Yakima
- Golden Wheel Chinese · under 0.1 miles
9 S 1st St, Yakima - Sumo Yakima Steakhouse · under 0.1 miles
111 E Yakima Ave, Yakima - Pj's Bar & Grill Bar and Grill · under 0.1 miles
13 S 1st St, Yakima - Thai House | Yakima Restaurant Thai · 0.1 miles
14 N 2nd St, Yakima - Mercedes & Family Mexican · 0.1 miles
7 N Front St, Yakima
The closest few by distance from central Yakima, 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 Yakima.
The food scene in Yakima
Open listings put 185 places to eat within 2 miles of central Yakima, 55 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: Mexican (40), bakery (12) and pizza (11). 12 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Yakima is tacos and Mexican — types that are listed here at 3 to 6 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Mexican 40 Bakery 12 Pizza 11 Coffee 11 Burgers 11 Tacos 10 Sandwiches 8 American 7 Ice cream 6 Bar & grill 6
The food in Yakima
Yakima 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 Yakima 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 Yakima
Yakima has a population of about 93,257. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Yakima, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
Yakima is a little thinner on options than average
Yakima sits in Yakima County, where the Census counts 159 full-service restaurants, 151 limited-service places, 100 cafés and snack bars and 30 bars — 440 places to eat or drink in all. Yakima makes up about 36% of the county's population.
That is 17.2 per 10,000 residents, a little under the national median of 19.4. Fewer options than average, which makes picking the right one matter more. Sit-down and counter-service places are close to balanced, with the edge to sit-down.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
What are you craving in Yakima?
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Near Yakima
- Richland, WA — about 62 miles away
- Kennewick, WA — about 70 miles away
- Pasco, WA — about 71 miles away
- Puyallup, WA — about 94 miles away
- Auburn, WA — about 95 miles away
- Kent, WA — about 98 miles away
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.
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