# Food & Dining search demand in Albuquerque 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](https://seobandwagon.com/about) · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · [HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/albuquerque/food-dining#colophon) 436 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Albuquerque metro, Sep 8, 2026 601,160 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Albuquerque metro, Sep 8, 2026 $483K MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $0.97 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Albuquerque metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Albuquerque searches for food & dining Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in OCT and lowest in FEB. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 83, February 82, March 95, April 90, May 95, June 88, July 98, August 97, September 93, October 100, November 83, December 85. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) 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. ## What Albuquerque pays per click for food & dining The 20 highest-volume of 436 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest 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 | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Albuquerque metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are [Google Ads](https://ads.google.com/home/tools/keyword-planner/) twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored. ## Who owns the Albuquerque food & dining results Live position tracking for 2 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the [map pack](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-pack), and who holds page one. restaurants near me 246,000/mo · $0.53 CPC · difficulty 7 MAP PACK - 1 Char 4.7★ 392 - 2 505 Central Food Hall 4.3★ 717 - 3 The Meltdown 2★ 13 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 yelp.com - 2 tripadvisor.com - 3 ubereats.com - 4 nmgastronome.com - 5 seasons52.com LOCAL pizza near me 18,100/mo · $1.50 CPC · difficulty 12 MAP PACK - 1 JC's New York Pizza Department 4.1★ 2,000 - 2 The Pizza Boss 5★ 2 - 3 Farina Pizzeria & Wine Bar Downtown 4.7★ 1,500 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 pizzacastleabq.com LOCAL - 2 tripadvisor.com - 3 locations.pizzahut.com LOCAL - 4 locations.peterpiperpizza.com LOCAL - 5 pizzanine.com LOCAL Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), 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 food & dining businesses competing in Albuquerque 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 | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Albuquerque metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim. ## Food & Dining brands Albuquerque searches by name 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. barelas coffee house albuquerque 5,400/mo seasons grill albuquerque 3,600/mo barbecue albuquerque 1,300/mo lotaburger albuquerque 590/mo brewpubs albuquerque 90/mo hibachi grill albuquerque 90/mo sushiya abq 70/mo bistro albuquerque 50/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Albuquerque metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Albuquerque asks about food & dining 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? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Albuquerque metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here. ## Rank for these searches Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today. [SCAN YOUR SITE FREE](https://seobandwagon.com/#scan) [Restaurant SEO](https://seobandwagon.com/restaurant-seo) ## More Albuquerque search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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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](https://seobandwagon.com/about), tracking [local search](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-search) since 2010. These 436 food & dining keywords come from the same weekly sweep as [Google Business Profile Benchmarks](https://seobandwagon.com/research/gbp-benchmarks), whose method and verification are published in full. If a number here is wrong, [tell us](https://seobandwagon.com/contact). --- Canonical page: https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/albuquerque/food-dining Every metro: https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo#cities Data reuse license: https://seobandwagon.com/data-license Site overview for agents: https://seobandwagon.com/llms.txt · API docs: https://seobandwagon.com/docs/api