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Where to eat in Yonkers, NY
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A few places to eat in Yonkers
- Yonkers Diner · 0.1 miles
53 S Broadway, Yonkers - Alfonso's Pizza Pizza · 0.1 miles
79 Riverdale Ave, Yonkers - sweet mama's Southern American · 0.1 miles
33 S Broadway, Yonkers - La Pinata Bakery Bakery · 0.1 miles
118 New Main St, Yonkers - Nawab Pakistani Indian Cuisine Indian · 0.1 miles
2 Hudson St, Yonkers
The closest few by distance from central Yonkers, 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 Yonkers.
The food scene in Yonkers
Open listings put 296 places to eat within 2 miles of central Yonkers, 99 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: Mexican (41), deli (35) and pizza (33). 10 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Yonkers is Dominican, deli and Latin American — types that are listed here at 7 to 21 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Mexican 41 Deli 35 Pizza 33 Italian 17 Chinese 17 Bakery 15 Latin American 9 Ice cream 8 Donuts 6 American 6
The food in Yonkers
Yonkers has more than enough places to eat — the trouble is choosing between them without spending longer deciding than eating.
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Eating out in Yonkers
Yonkers has a population of about 199,766. A city this size has real range, and range is what makes the decision slow. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Yonkers, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
How well supplied is Yonkers?
Yonkers sits in Westchester County, where the Census counts 1,044 full-service restaurants, 807 limited-service places, 331 cafés and snack bars and 79 bars — 2,261 places to eat or drink in all. Yonkers makes up about 20% of the county's population.
That is 22.7 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.
Those county figures also cover New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, White Plains, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Yonkers.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Yonkers
- Mount Vernon, NY — about 3 miles away
- New Rochelle, NY — about 6 miles away
- Hackensack, NJ — about 8 miles away
- White Plains, NY — about 10 miles away
- West New York, NJ — about 12 miles away
- Passaic, NJ — about 13 miles away
Campuses in and near Yonkers
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- CUNY Lehman College
- Fordham University
- CUNY Bronx Community College
- Yeshiva University
- Mercy College
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus
- CUNY Hostos Community College
- CUNY City College
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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