Restaurants in Odessa, TX

The Odessa listings include 538 places, among them 382 restaurants, 68 quick service spots, 31 cafes and 51 bars. Mexican restaurants are the largest category at 91, ahead of bars at 49, coffee shops and cafes at 34 and bakeries and donuts at 29. Desserts and ice cream reach 26.

Independent operators hold 57 percent of listings. At 44.9 places per ten thousand residents, Odessa sits above the 41.8 median across all cities in this guide.

306 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Subway (12), McDonald's (10), Laredo Taco Company (8) and Starbucks (8).

In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Odessa ranks #267 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.

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