# Food & Dining search demand in Atlanta THE SEARCH LEDGER · ATLANTA, GEORGIA · FOOD & DINING Every month Atlanta types 4,517,660 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/atlanta/food-dining#colophon) 904 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Atlanta metro, Sep 8, 2026 4,517,660 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Atlanta metro, Sep 8, 2026 $3.2M MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $1.28 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Atlanta metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Atlanta searches for food & dining Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in JUL and lowest in JAN. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 77, February 77, March 90, April 88, May 90, June 88, July 100, August 92, September 89, October 91, November 89, December 88. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Atlanta — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What Atlanta pays per click for food & dining The 20 highest-volume of 904 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“canoe restaurant atlanta”** at $12.46. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | restaurants near me | 2,740,000 | $0.54 | 7 | transactional | | 2 | breakfast near me | 301,000 | $0.41 | 23 | transactional | | 3 | coffee shops near me | 246,000 | $0.41 | 0 | transactional | | 4 | pizza near me | 201,000 | $1.45 | 12 | transactional | | 5 | bars near me | 135,000 | $0.55 | 0 | transactional | | 6 | good restaurants atlanta | 27,100 | $1.02 | 22 | commercial | | 7 | restaurants atlanta | 27,100 | $1.11 | 37 | commercial | | 8 | ok cafe atlanta | 22,200 | $1.21 | 0 | commercial | | 9 | atlanta brunch | 18,100 | $0.60 | 15 | commercial | | 10 | buckhead restaurants | 14,800 | $1.17 | 27 | commercial | | 11 | gocha's breakfast bar | 14,800 | $0.25 | 5 | commercial | | 12 | bistro niko buckhead | 14,800 | $1.26 | | branded | | 13 | eight sushi atlanta | 14,800 | $2.71 | 1 | commercial | | 14 | harold's chicken & ice bar | 14,800 | $1.14 | 0 | commercial | | 15 | atlanta restaurants | 12,100 | $0.97 | 37 | commercial | | 16 | italian restaurants atlanta | 12,100 | $0.96 | 32 | commercial | | 17 | busy bee cafe atlanta | 12,100 | $1.29 | 14 | commercial | | 18 | canoe restaurant atlanta | 12,100 | $12.46 | 0 | commercial | | 19 | marcel restaurant atlanta | 12,100 | $3.10 | 30 | commercial | | 20 | smiths olde bar | 12,100 | $0.62 | 0 | commercial | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Atlanta 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 Atlanta 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 2,740,000/mo · $0.54 CPC · difficulty 7 MAP PACK - 1 Utopia Restaurant at the Underground Atlanta 4.8★ 4,500 - 2 Mr Fries Man 4.4★ 1,400 - 3 Smoky Kitchen BBQ 4.2★ 142 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 yelp.com - 2 atlanta.eater.com - 3 ubereats.com - 4 opentable.com - 5 atlantaeats.com pizza near me 201,000/mo · $1.45 CPC · difficulty 12 MAP PACK - 1 Atlanta house of pizza 4.8★ 369 - 2 Hunt Brothers Pizza 5★ 3 - 3 Pizza & Pasta Italiana 4.5★ 8 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 locations.papajohns.com LOCAL - 2 atlanta.eater.com - 3 fellinisatlanta.com LOCAL - 4 atlantahouseofpizza.com LOCAL - 5 yelp.com Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Atlanta 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 Atlanta 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 | No Mas! Cantina | 4.4 ★ | 9,701 | Mexican | YES | | #2 | Yeppa & Co. - Buckhead | 4.8 ★ | 7,601 | Italian | YES | | #3 | Louisiana Bistreaux Seafood Kitchen East Point | 4.4 ★ | 7,471 | Cajun | YES | | #4 | Mister O1 Extraordinary Pizza Sandy Springs | 4.9 ★ | 7,336 | Pizza | YES | | #5 | Antico Pizza Napoletana | 4.6 ★ | 6,551 | Pizza | YES | | #6 | Ted's Montana Grill | 4.4 ★ | 5,902 | American | YES | | #7 | Paschal's Restaurant & Bar | 4.1 ★ | 5,551 | Soul | YES | | #8 | Fellini's Pizza | 4.5 ★ | 5,409 | Pizza | YES | | #9 | Hungry AF Downtown | 4.7 ★ | 4,852 | Restaurant | YES | | #10 | Utopia Restaurant at the Underground Atlanta | 4.8 ★ | 4,451 | Restaurant | YES | | #11 | Waffle House | 3.9 ★ | 4,374 | Breakfast | YES | | #12 | The Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View | 4.2 ★ | 4,352 | Restaurant | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Atlanta 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 Atlanta 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. bistro niko buckhead 14,800/mo atlanta fish house & grill 4,400/mo fox bros barbecue 3,600/mo blue ridge grill atlanta 2,400/mo whataburger atlanta 1,000/mo bonefish grill atlanta menu 1,000/mo mediterranean grill decatur ga 880/mo hudson grill atlanta 880/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Atlanta metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Atlanta asks about food & dining People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Atlanta food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. What are some must-eat restaurants in Atlanta? Where to eat in Hampton, GA? What are Atlanta's best hidden gem restaurants? What are some of the best places to eat cheap food in Atlanta? What is the 2 hour rule for pizza? What pizza in Atlanta is award winning? Who has the best pizza deals out right now? Where can I find good pizza near Atlanta, GA? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Atlanta 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 Atlanta search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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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. Atlanta, Georgia · Food & Dining · 904 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 904 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. 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