Restaurants in Columbia, MO

Among the 610 places listed for Columbia are 423 restaurants, 60 quick service spots, 56 cafes and 66 bars. Bars lead the categories at 61, with coffee shops and cafes at 58, pizza at 49 and Mexican at 43. Sandwiches and delis reach 34, and bakeries and donuts trail at 26.

Of all listings, 57 percent are independent. At 46.6 places per ten thousand residents, Columbia is above the 41.8 median across all cities in this guide.

350 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Subway (12), Starbucks (11), Scooter's Coffee (9) and Taco Bell (9).

In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Columbia ranks #257 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.

Food in Columbia 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.