Restaurants in Bloomington, IL

For this city, Bloomington, Illinois, has 346 places listed here, including 243 restaurants, 51 bars, 26 cafes, and 25 quick service spots. Bars lead the category counts at 46, ahead of pizza at 29 and coffee shops and cafes at 27. Restaurants account for most of the entries.

At 43.7 places per ten thousand residents, the city runs slightly above the 41.8 median for all cities in this guide.

211 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Subway (7), Starbucks (6), McDonald's (5) and Steak 'n Shake (4).

Food in Bloomington by cuisine

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Place data from the Overture Maps Foundation (overturemaps.org), which includes data from Meta, Microsoft and Foursquare, used under the CDLA Permissive 2.0 and Apache 2.0 licenses. Restaurants open, close and move; check with the restaurant before you go. Data refreshed 2026-10-11.