Restaurants in Pasadena, TX

Among the 539 places listed for Pasadena are 410 restaurants, 72 quick service spots, 19 cafes and 32 bars. Mexican restaurants are the largest category at 101, well ahead of bakeries and donuts at 38, bars at 32 and pizza at 30.

Independent operators hold 58 percent of listings here. The 36.0 places per ten thousand residents sits below the 41.8 median across all cities in this guide.

314 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Subway (13), McDonald's (11), Pizza Hut (7) and Starbucks (7).

In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Pasadena ranks #250 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.

Food in Pasadena by cuisine

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