Restaurants in Fullerton, CA

Fullerton, home to 140,054 people, has 664 places listed in this guide, including 468 restaurants, 48 quick service spots, 73 cafes and 50 bars. Coffee shops and cafes top the category counts at 81, with Bars at 53 and Mexican at 46 in the listings.

Fullerton records 47.4 listed places per 10,000 residents, above the 41.8 median for all cities in this guide. The count covers the listings in this guide rather than every business operating in the city.

453 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Starbucks (22), Subway (11), Carl's Jr. (6) and Jack in the Box (6).

In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Fullerton ranks #113 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.

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