Restaurants in Carson, CA

Carson's 341 listed places break down into 265 restaurants, 41 quick-service spots, 22 cafes and 10 bars. Bakeries and donuts lead the category counts at 31, with Mexican at 28, sandwiches and delis at 22 and coffee shops and cafes at 22. Burgers reach 16.

Carson sits a little under the 41.8 median for all cities in this guide, with 37.3 places per ten thousand residents.

203 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Starbucks (10), Subway (9), Jack in the Box (7) and McDonald's (4).

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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.