Restaurants in Independence, MO

Independence has 371 places in this guide, with 256 restaurants, 59 quick service spots, 28 cafes and 25 bars. Mexican restaurants lead at 36, followed by pizza at 30, coffee shops and cafes at 28 and bars at 24. Bakeries and donuts reach 19.

Of the listings, 49 percent are independent. At 30.5 places per ten thousand residents, Independence sits below the 41.8 median across all cities in this guide.

182 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Subway (9), Sonic Drive-In (7), McDonald's (7) and Taco Bell (7).

In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Independence ranks #320 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.

Food in Independence 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.