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Where to eat in Yucaipa, CA
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A few places to eat in Yucaipa
- Subs of USA Sandwich Shop · under 0.1 miles
34909 Yucaipa Blvd, Yucaipa - Tipsy Tacos Taco · 0.1 miles
34993 Yucaipa Blvd, Yucaipa - Rebels Burgers and Brew Gastropub · 0.1 miles
35007 Yucaipa Blvd, Yucaipa - Woodhaus Pizza · 0.1 miles
35010 Yucaipa Blvd, Yucaipa - Panda Max Chinese · 0.2 miles
12116 California St, Yucaipa
The closest few by distance from central Yucaipa, 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 Yucaipa.
The food scene in Yucaipa
Open listings put 84 places to eat within 2 miles of central Yucaipa, 26 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: Mexican (13), pizza (9) and sandwiches (5). 11 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Yucaipa is Mexican — a type that is listed here at about 2 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Mexican 13 Pizza 9 Sandwiches 5 Ice cream 4 American 4 Coffee 3 Italian 3 Sushi 2 Vietnamese 2 Chinese 2
The food in Yucaipa
Yucaipa 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 Yucaipa 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 Yucaipa
Yucaipa has a population of about 52,536. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Yucaipa, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
Yucaipa is a little thinner on options than average
Yucaipa sits in San Bernardino County, where the Census counts 1,244 full-service restaurants, 1,863 limited-service places, 532 cafés and snack bars and 89 bars — 3,728 places to eat or drink in all. Yucaipa makes up about 2% of the county's population.
That is 17.1 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. Counter service clearly outnumbers sit-down — more a drive-through town than a linger-over-dinner one.
Those county figures also cover San Bernardino, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Victorville, Rialto, Hesperia, Chino and 7 more, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Yucaipa.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Yucaipa
- Beaumont, CA — about 8 miles away
- Redlands, CA — about 8 miles away
- Highland, CA — about 12 miles away
- Moreno Valley, CA — about 12 miles away
- San Bernardino, CA — about 15 miles away
- Colton, CA — about 16 miles away
Campuses in and near Yucaipa
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Crafton Hills College
- Moreno Valley College
- San Bernardino Valley College
- University of California-Riverside
- California State University-San Bernardino
- Riverside City College
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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