Winston-Salem has 1,008 places in this guide, and 718 are restaurants. Quick service spots number 96, cafes 76 and bars 108. Bars (101), coffee shops and cafes (80) and sandwiches and delis (64) are the top categories among the places listed.
Winston-Salem's density of 39.4 places per ten thousand residents sits under the 41.8 median across all cities.
633 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Subway (21), Starbucks (21), McDonald's (13) and Chick-fil-A (11).
In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Winston-Salem ranks #183 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.
Food in Winston-Salem by cuisine
Bars in Winston-Salem
- Bar · 400 S Green St
- Bar · 1100 Reynolda Rd
- Bar · 840 Mill Works St
- Bar · Chain · 150 Hanes Mall Cir
- Bar · 2855 Reynolda Rd
- Bar · 3870 Bethania Station Rd
Coffee shops and cafes in Winston-Salem
- Cafe · Chain · 2020 S Hawthorne Rd
- Cafe · Chain · 5420 University Pkwy
- Cafe · Chain · 1 Medical Center Blvd
- Cafe · 1208 Reynolda Rd
- Cafe · Chain · 3485 Burke Mill Rd
- Cafe · 1608 S Stratford Rd
Sandwiches and delis in Winston-Salem
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 3372 Robinhood Rd
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 222 Harvey Street
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 2804 Fairlawn Dr
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 5038 Peters Creek Parkway Suite 160
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 368 E Hanes Mill Rd
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 205 S. Stratford Rd.
Bakeries and donuts in Winston-Salem
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 5395 Robinhood Village Dr
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 100 Hanes Square Shop Cir
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 2561 Peters Creek Pkwy
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 259 S Stratford Road
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 1977 N Peace Haven Rd
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 1100 Reynolda Rd
Mexican in Winston-Salem
- Restaurant · Mexican · 4014 N Cherry St
- Restaurant · Mexican · 3709 Reynolda Rd
- Restaurant · Mexican · 137 Jonestown Rd
- Restaurant · Mexican · 3230 Reynolda Rd
- Restaurant · Mexican · 241 S Marshall St
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 128 Hanes Mall Cir Ste 100
American in Winston-Salem
- Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 380 Knollwood St
- Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 2859 Reynolda Rd
- Restaurant · American · 3348 Robinhood Rd
- Restaurant · American · 104 W 4th St
- Restaurant · American · Chain · 1990 Griffith Rd
- Restaurant · American · 1016 Burke St Ste D
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