Restaurants in Stamford, CT

Stamford, with 139,134 residents, has 626 places listed in this guide, made up of 500 restaurants, 21 quick service spots, 50 cafes and 49 bars. Pizza leads the category counts at 55, with Bars and Coffee shops and cafes tied at 52 each among the listings.

Stamford's listings equal 45.0 places per 10,000 residents, above the 41.8 median for all cities in this guide. That figure reflects the listings in this guide, not a full census of local venues.

503 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Dunkin' (14), Subway (9), Starbucks (7) and McDonald's (4).

In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Stamford ranks #29 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.

Food in Stamford 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.