THE SEARCH LEDGER · AUSTIN, TEXAS · FOOD & DINING
Every month Austin types 3,053,930 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 JAN.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Austin — 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 905 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The most expensive click here is “888 restaurant austin” at $1.79.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restaurants near me | 1,500,000 | $0.56 | 7 | transactional |
| 2 | coffee shops near me | 165,000 | $0.39 | 0 | transactional |
| 3 | breakfast near me | 165,000 | $0.44 | 23 | transactional |
| 4 | pizza near me | 110,000 | $1.30 | 12 | transactional |
| 5 | bars near me | 110,000 | $0.41 | 0 | transactional |
| 6 | mozart cafe austin | 49,500 | $0.56 | 23 | commercial |
| 7 | franklin barbecue austin | 49,500 | $1.56 | branded | |
| 8 | bouldin creek cafe austin | 33,100 | $1.04 | 7 | commercial |
| 9 | la barbecue austin | 27,100 | $0.44 | branded | |
| 10 | good restaurants austin | 22,200 | $0.92 | 33 | commercial |
| 11 | elizabeth cafe austin | 22,200 | $1.62 | 9 | commercial |
| 12 | 888 restaurant austin | 18,100 | $1.79 | 0 | commercial |
| 13 | austin restaurants | 14,800 | $1.14 | 13 | commercial |
| 14 | austin brunch | 14,800 | $0.59 | 4 | commercial |
| 15 | 24 diner austin | 14,800 | $0.28 | 10 | commercial |
| 16 | foodheads austin | 12,100 | $1.14 | branded | |
| 17 | terry black's bbq austin | 12,100 | $0.84 | 11 | commercial |
| 18 | clarks oyster bar austin | 12,100 | $0.85 | commercial | |
| 19 | top bbq in austin | 9,900 | $0.23 | 12 | commercial |
| 20 | mexican restaurant austin | 9,900 | $0.44 | 41 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Austin 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, Austin 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 | Corner Restaurant | 4.8 ★ | 18,278 | Restaurant | YES |
| #2 | Caroline | 4.8 ★ | 15,443 | American | YES |
| #3 | Home Slice Pizza | 4.7 ★ | 11,091 | Pizza | YES |
| #4 | Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.7 ★ | 10,181 | Brazilian | YES |
| #5 | Upstairs at Caroline | 4.8 ★ | 6,920 | American | YES |
| #6 | Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que | 4.4 ★ | 6,721 | Barbecue | YES |
| #7 | Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken | 4.6 ★ | 6,012 | Chicken | YES |
| #8 | Home Slice Pizza | 4.7 ★ | 5,291 | Pizza | YES |
| #9 | Pinthouse Pizza | 4.7 ★ | 5,146 | Pizza | YES |
| #10 | Champions Austin Restaurant & Bar | 4.8 ★ | 4,613 | American | YES |
| #11 | Perry's Steakhouse & Grille - Downtown Austin | 4.6 ★ | 4,592 | Steak | YES |
| #12 | Iron Cactus Mexican Restaurant and Margarita Bar | 4.1 ★ | 4,067 | Mexican | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Austin 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, Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Austin food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What are some must-eat places in Austin?
What are some hidden gem restaurants in Austin?
What are some good restaurants in far south Austin?
Where can I find the best lunch place in Austin?
What is the 2 hour rule for pizza?
What are the best pizza places in Austin?
Who has the best pizza deals out right now?
What is the best pizza in Dayton, Ohio?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.
Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today.
Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.
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HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE
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.
Austin, Texas · Food & Dining · 905 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026
Collected and published by SEO Bandwagon, tracking local search since 2010. These 905 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.