Restaurants in Lakewood, CO

Lakewood, a city of 156,868 people, has 654 places listed in this guide, made up of 471 restaurants, 58 quick service spots, 62 cafes and 49 bars. Mexican leads the categories at 74, with Coffee shops and cafes at 67 and Pizza at 48 next in the listings.

With 41.7 listed places per 10,000 residents, Lakewood sits just below the 41.8 median for all cities in this guide. The figure describes the listings in the guide rather than every business in the city.

386 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Starbucks (16), Subway (11), Jimmy John's (6) and Qdoba (6).

In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Lakewood ranks #236 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.

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