Restaurants in Evanston, IL

Evanston, with 76,006 residents, has 403 places listed in this guide, including 305 restaurants, 10 quick service spots, 53 cafes and 28 bars. Coffee shops and cafes lead the category counts at 58, followed by Bars at 24 and Bakeries and donuts at 23 in the listings.

Evanston's residents correspond to 53.0 listed places per 10,000, above the 41.8 median for all cities in this guide. The figure reflects the places in this guide rather than every business in town.

306 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Starbucks (12), Subway (7), Dunkin' (5) and Baskin-Robbins (3).

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