# Food & Dining search demand in Boise THE SEARCH LEDGER · BOISE, IDAHO · FOOD & DINING Every month Boise types 488,440 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/boise/food-dining#colophon) 290 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boise metro, Sep 8, 2026 488,440 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boise metro, Sep 8, 2026 $345K MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $1.11 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boise metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Boise 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 FEB. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 69, February 67, March 78, April 76, May 88, June 89, July 100, August 94, September 78, October 80, November 71, December 70. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Boise — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What Boise pays per click for food & dining The 20 highest-volume of 290 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“pizza near me”** at $1.40. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | restaurants near me | 246,000 | $0.60 | 7 | transactional | | 2 | breakfast near me | 33,100 | $0.41 | 23 | transactional | | 3 | coffee shops near me | 27,100 | $0.31 | 0 | transactional | | 4 | pizza near me | 22,200 | $1.40 | 12 | transactional | | 5 | boise restaurants | 18,100 | $0.92 | 28 | commercial | | 6 | bars near me | 14,800 | $0.43 | 0 | transactional | | 7 | boise top restaurants | 6,600 | $0.96 | 18 | commercial | | 8 | boise dining downtown | 6,600 | $1.00 | 20 | commercial | | 9 | cottonwood grill boise | 6,600 | $0.30 | | branded | | 10 | breakfast places in boise idaho | 4,400 | $0.54 | 0 | commercial | | 11 | restaurants downtown boise | 3,600 | $0.86 | 28 | commercial | | 12 | solid bar boise | 3,600 | $0.78 | 0 | commercial | | 13 | boise sushi | 2,900 | $0.50 | 7 | commercial | | 14 | boise italian restaurant | 2,900 | $1.11 | 17 | commercial | | 15 | boise cafe | 2,400 | $0.22 | 0 | commercial | | 16 | boise brunch | 2,400 | $0.57 | 0 | commercial | | 17 | anthonys restaurant boise | 2,400 | $0.81 | | commercial | | 18 | boise food places | 2,400 | $0.91 | | commercial | | 19 | gaston's bakery boise | 2,400 | $0.19 | 0 | commercial | | 20 | george's deli boise | 2,400 | $0.13 | | branded | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boise 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 Boise 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 · $0.60 CPC · difficulty 7 MAP PACK - 1 Don & Charly’s 4.9★ 368 - 2 Solid Grill & Bar 4.5★ 1,500 - 3 Pie Hole 4.3★ 1,700 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 tripadvisor.com - 2 downtownboise.org - 3 yelp.com - 4 opentable.com - 5 eater.com pizza near me 22,200/mo · $1.40 CPC · difficulty 12 MAP PACK - 1 Pie Hole 4.3★ 1,700 - 2 Marco's Pizza 4★ 82 - 3 Wiseguy Pizza Pie 4.5★ 536 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 casanovapizzeria.com LOCAL - 2 extremepizza.com - 3 tripadvisor.com - 4 idahopizzacompany.com LOCAL - 5 locations.pizzahut.com LOCAL Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boise 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 Boise 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 | Fork | 4.5 ★ | 4,223 | American | YES | | #2 | Bardenay Restaurant & Distillery \| Boise | 4.6 ★ | 3,167 | American | YES | | #3 | Bittercreek Alehouse | 4.5 ★ | 2,980 | American | YES | | #4 | BACON Boise Breakfast & Brunch | 4.4 ★ | 2,571 | Breakfast | YES | | #5 | Yoi Tomo Sushi and Grill | 4.7 ★ | 2,547 | Japanese | YES | | #6 | Idaho Pizza Company | 4.5 ★ | 2,447 | Pizza | YES | | #7 | Louie's Pizza & Italian Restaurant | 4.3 ★ | 2,436 | Italian | YES | | #8 | Chandlers Prime Steaks & Fine Seafood | 4.7 ★ | 2,369 | Steak | YES | | #9 | Flying Pie Pizzaria-Fairview | 4.6 ★ | 2,116 | Pizza | YES | | #10 | Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom | 4.2 ★ | 2,042 | Pizza | YES | | #11 | Cottonwood Grille | 4.3 ★ | 2,028 | Restaurant | YES | | #12 | Goldy's Breakfast Bistro | 4.5 ★ | 2,013 | Bistro | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boise 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 Boise 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. cottonwood grill boise 6,600/mo george's deli boise 2,400/mo boise bistro 880/mo boise state 170/mo morrison center 90/mo mongolian bistro boise 20/mo basque block 10/mo kona grill happy hour boise 10/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boise metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Boise asks about food & dining People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Boise food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. What are some must-eats in Boise? What are some of the best hidden restaurants in Boise, Idaho? What is the best food in downtown Boise? What food is Boise known for? What is the 2 hour rule for pizza? Where can I find the best pizza in Boise, ID? Who has the best pizza deals out right now? Where can I find the best pizza in Meridian, Idaho? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boise 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 Boise 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. Boise, Idaho · Food & Dining · 290 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 290 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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