El Monte has 338 places listed here, made up of 275 restaurants, 31 quick-service spots, 12 cafes and 13 bars. Mexican leads all categories with 61 listings, and bakeries and donuts follow at 32, with Chinese at 26, while pizza and coffee shops and cafes each reach 16.
El Monte's 32.3 places per ten thousand residents fall short of the 41.8 median for all cities in this guide.
246 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Starbucks (6), Subway (6), Jack in the Box (4) and Yoshinoya (3).
In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, El Monte ranks #72 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.
Food in El Monte by cuisine
Mexican in El Monte
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 2905 Durfee Ave
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 10990 Lower Azusa Rd #1
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 3819 Peck Rd
- Restaurant · Mexican · 3586 Santa Anita Ave
- Restaurant · Mexican · 10956 Valley Blvd
- Restaurant · Mexican · 10221 Valley Blvd
Bakeries and donuts in El Monte
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 10310 Lower Azusa Rd
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 3261 Santa Anita Ave
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 3856 Peck Rd
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 11230 Garvey Ave
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 3571 Peck Rd
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 11629 Lower Azusa Rd # A
Chinese in El Monte
- Restaurant · Chinese · 3948 Peck Rd
- Restaurant · Chinese · 9920 Valley Blvd
- Restaurant · Chinese · 3580 Santa Anita Ave
- Restaurant · Chinese · 10123 Valley Blvd
- Restaurant · Chinese · 12052 1/2, 12052 Valley Blvd
- Restaurant · Chinese · 4768 Peck Rd
Pizza in El Monte
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 11007 Lower Azusa Rd
- Restaurant · Pizza · 3944 Peck Rd
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 10533 Garvey Ave
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 3818 Peck Rd
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 11910 Garvey Ave Los Angeles
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 11420 Valley Blvd
Coffee shops and cafes in El Monte
- Cafe · 4597 Peck Rd
- Cafe · Chain · 10613 Garvey Ave
- Cafe · Chain · 9208 Flair Dr Flair Plaza
- Cafe · Chain · 10601 Valley Blvd
- Cafe · Chain · 11979 Garvey Ave
- Cafe · Chain · 9702 Lower Azusa Rd
Desserts and ice cream in El Monte
- Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 3305 Tyler Ave
- Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 9200 Telstar Ave
- Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 10619 Valley Blvd, Unit D
- Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 3818 Peck Rd Ste A
- Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 9961 Valley Blvd
- Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 11850 Valley Blvd
Own a restaurant in El Monte?
279 of the 338 places here (83%) list a website. When a guest searches for food in El Monte and lands on a delivery app instead of your site, the app takes a commission on the order and shows them your competitors. Servestack gives you your own ordering site with zero commission, POS sync and loyalty, and Studio makes the menus, flyers and posts to promote it. See what you would keep with the commission savings calculator, or browse the restaurant marketing guides.
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