THE SEARCH LEDGER · ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO · FOOD & DINING
Every month Albuquerque types 601,160 food & dining searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.
BY SEO BANDWAGON · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE
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Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in OCT and lowest in FEB.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Albuquerque — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.
The 20 highest-volume of 436 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The most expensive click here is “barelas coffee house albuquerque” at $5.45.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restaurants near me | 246,000 | $0.53 | 7 | transactional |
| 2 | breakfast near me | 33,100 | $0.60 | 23 | transactional |
| 3 | abq nm restaurants | 22,200 | $0.73 | commercial | |
| 4 | coffee shops near me | 18,100 | $0.54 | 0 | transactional |
| 5 | pizza near me | 18,100 | $1.50 | 12 | transactional |
| 6 | bars near me | 12,100 | $0.36 | 0 | transactional |
| 7 | fan tang restaurant albuquerque | 9,900 | $0.36 | commercial | |
| 8 | church street cafe abq | 8,100 | $1.59 | 6 | commercial |
| 9 | breakfast albuquerque | 6,600 | $0.45 | 13 | commercial |
| 10 | abq best restaurants | 6,600 | $0.70 | 13 | commercial |
| 11 | food albuquerque | 6,600 | $0.76 | 9 | commercial |
| 12 | the grove cafe albuquerque | 6,600 | $0.38 | 6 | commercial |
| 13 | antiquities restaurant albuquerque | 5,400 | — | commercial | |
| 14 | artichoke cafe abq | 5,400 | $0.45 | 0 | commercial |
| 15 | barelas coffee house albuquerque | 5,400 | $5.45 | branded | |
| 16 | marble brewery abq | 5,400 | $0.24 | 23 | commercial |
| 17 | monte carlo steakhouse albuquerque | 4,400 | $2.94 | 1 | commercial |
| 18 | mexican restaurants abq | 4,400 | $0.32 | 27 | commercial |
| 19 | slate street cafe albuquerque | 4,400 | $1.74 | 3 | commercial |
| 20 | yasmine cafe albuquerque | 4,400 | $4.09 | 0 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Albuquerque metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are Google Ads twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.
Live position tracking for 2 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Albuquerque metro, Sep 8, 2026. LOCAL marks an organic domain that matches a business tracked in this metro; an unmarked domain is simply not one of them, which includes directories and firms we do not track.
The 12 most-reviewed businesses we track in this vertical, with the profile signals that put them where they are.
| RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Frontier | 4.5 ★ | 11,089 | Mexican | YES |
| #2 | Frontier | 4.5 ★ | 11,089 | Mexican | YES |
| #3 | Frontier | 4.5 ★ | 11,089 | Mexican | YES |
| #4 | Frontier | 4.5 ★ | 11,089 | Mexican | YES |
| #5 | Texas Roadhouse | 4.5 ★ | 7,904 | Steak | YES |
| #6 | Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.7 ★ | 7,439 | Brazilian | YES |
| #7 | Twin Peaks | 4.6 ★ | 7,431 | Sports bar | YES |
| #8 | Twin Peaks | 4.6 ★ | 7,431 | Restaurant | YES |
| #9 | El Modelo Mexican Foods | 4.5 ★ | 6,818 | Mexican | YES |
| #10 | Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen | 4.6 ★ | 6,776 | Seafood | YES |
| #11 | Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen | 4.3 ★ | 6,612 | Traditional American | YES |
| #12 | Golden Corral Buffet & Grill | 3.9 ★ | 6,491 | Buffet | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Albuquerque metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.
Branded demand is the clearest read on who has built recall here — searches for a business by name, the volume nobody has to bid for.
SRC: DataForSEO, Albuquerque metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Albuquerque food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What are some must-eat places in Albuquerque?
What are some hidden gem restaurants in Albuquerque?
What food is Albuquerque famous for?
What are the best restaurants in Old Town Albuquerque?
What is the 2 hour rule for pizza?
Who has the best pizza deals out right now?
Where can I find a good pizza place near me in Albuquerque?
Who has the two pizzas for $4.99 each?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Albuquerque metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.
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Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.
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Every figure is collected, not estimated. Keyword volume and cost-per-click come from Google Ads via DataForSEO and are twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week — a weekly delta on either would measure the averaging window, not the market. Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Albuquerque, New Mexico · Food & Dining · 436 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026
Collected and published by SEO Bandwagon, tracking local search since 2010. These 436 food & dining keywords come from the same weekly sweep as Google Business Profile Benchmarks, whose method and verification are published in full. If a number here is wrong, tell us.