McKinney lists 681 places in this guide, and 498 are restaurants. Quick service accounts for 68, cafes for 60 and bars for 46. Coffee shops and cafes (61), pizza (60) and bakeries and donuts (50) are the top categories in the listings.
McKinney records 29.9 places per ten thousand residents, under the 41.8 median across all cities.
359 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Starbucks (19), McDonald's (10), Subway (8) and Taco Bueno (6).
In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, McKinney ranks #300 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.
Food in McKinney by cuisine
Coffee shops and cafes in McKinney
- Cafe · Chain · 1801 Lake Forest Dr
- Cafe · Chain · 2025 N Central Expy
- Cafe · Chain · 5101 McKinney Ranch Pkwy
- Cafe · 6101 Stacy Rd
- Cafe · 301 W Louisiana St
- Cafe · 7650 Stacy Rd
Pizza in McKinney
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 2730 S Central Expy
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 320 N Central Expy
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 8901 Virginia Parkway Suite 300
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 4550 Eldorado Parkway Ste 100
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 1717 W University Dr STE 417
- Restaurant · Pizza · Chain · 2101 N Hardin Blvd
Bakeries and donuts in McKinney
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 6405 Eldorado Pkwy
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 5100 Eldorado Pkwy
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 5100 Eldorado Pkwy Ste 104
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 1651 Eldorado Pkwy
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 2761 Virginia Pkwy
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 7645 S Custer Rd Ste 400
Mexican in McKinney
- Restaurant · Mexican · 2960 Eldorado Pkwy 5
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 302 N Central Expy N
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 6530 State Hwy 121 S
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 8565 W University Dr
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 2020 N Central Expy N
- Restaurant · Mexican · 7500 W Stacy Rd #150
Bars in McKinney
- Bar · 100 N Tennessee St
- Bar · Chain · 6080 Eldorado Parkway
- Bar · 2811 Craig Dr Ste 108
- Bar · 111 W Virginia St
- Bar · Chain · 4030 W University Dr
- Bar · 308 W Virginia St
Desserts and ice cream in McKinney
- Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 205 E Virginia St
- Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 3750 McKinney Ranch Pkwy
- Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1501 N Custer Rd
- Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 4020 W University Dr Ste 200
- Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 4700 Eldorado Pkwy
- Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 809 N McDonald St
Own a restaurant in McKinney?
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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.