# Food & Dining search demand in Boston THE SEARCH LEDGER · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS · FOOD & DINING Every month Boston types 1,579,080 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/boston/food-dining#colophon) 629 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boston metro, Sep 8, 2026 1,579,080 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boston metro, Sep 8, 2026 $975K MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $1.35 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boston metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Boston 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 63, February 62, March 78, April 87, May 86, June 87, July 99, August 93, September 93, October 100, November 82, December 67. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Boston — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What Boston pays per click for food & dining The 20 highest-volume of 629 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“laughing monk cafe boston”** at $2.58. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | restaurants near me | 673,000 | $0.36 | 7 | transactional | | 2 | bars near me | 90,500 | $0.32 | 0 | transactional | | 3 | breakfast near me | 74,000 | $0.26 | 23 | transactional | | 4 | coffee shops near me | 49,500 | $0.24 | 0 | transactional | | 5 | pizza near me | 49,500 | $0.81 | 12 | transactional | | 6 | tattes bakery | 40,500 | $0.08 | | commercial | | 7 | bovas bakery | 33,100 | $0.51 | 9 | commercial | | 8 | thinking cup coffee shop | 33,100 | $0.28 | | commercial | | 9 | grill 23 and bar boston | 22,200 | $0.21 | 11 | commercial | | 10 | seaport boston restaurants | 14,800 | $1.29 | 20 | commercial | | 11 | cafe vittoria boston | 14,800 | $0.13 | 4 | commercial | | 12 | north end restaurants | 12,100 | $2.28 | 8 | commercial | | 13 | best restaurants boston | 12,100 | $1.00 | 12 | commercial | | 14 | santarpios pizza | 9,900 | $1.26 | 7 | commercial | | 15 | laughing monk cafe boston | 9,900 | $2.58 | 13 | commercial | | 16 | oak long bar boston | 9,900 | $0.18 | 4 | commercial | | 17 | south end boston restaurants | 8,100 | $1.29 | 21 | commercial | | 18 | bar mezzana boston | 8,100 | $0.10 | 16 | commercial | | 19 | bleacher bar boston | 8,100 | $0.40 | 7 | commercial | | 20 | hong kong eatery boston | 8,100 | $0.62 | | branded | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boston 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 Boston 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 673,000/mo · $0.36 CPC · difficulty 7 MAP PACK - 1 South Street Diner 4.1★ 4,300 - 2 Tiki Cove 4.5★ 137 - 3 Rose Town Kitchen & Bar 4.6★ 513 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 boston.eater.com - 2 ubereats.com - 3 yelp.com - 4 tripadvisor.com - 5 statestreetprovisions.com LOCAL pizza near me 49,500/mo · $0.81 CPC · difficulty 12 MAP PACK - 1 Lily's Pizza 4.8★ 134 - 2 Pizzeria Rustico 4.8★ 407 - 3 Sabino's Pizza 4.6★ 352 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 halftimepizzaboston.com LOCAL - 2 grubhub.com - 3 yelp.com - 4 bostonkitchenpizza.com LOCAL - 5 boston.eater.com Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boston 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 Boston 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 | Quincy Market | 4.5 ★ | 14,295 | Market | YES | | #2 | Union Oyster House | 4.3 ★ | 11,311 | Seafood | YES | | #3 | Union Oyster House | 4.3 ★ | 11,311 | Seafood | YES | | #4 | Regina Pizzeria | 4.6 ★ | 7,450 | Pizza | YES | | #5 | The Barking Crab | 4.1 ★ | 7,035 | Crab | YES | | #6 | Boston Public Market | 4.6 ★ | 6,860 | Farmers' market | YES | | #7 | Legal Sea Foods - Harborside | 4.4 ★ | 6,819 | Seafood | YES | | #8 | Boston Sail Loft | 4.6 ★ | 6,689 | Seafood | YES | | #9 | Boston Sail Loft | 4.6 ★ | 6,689 | Seafood | YES | | #10 | Boston Sail Loft | 4.6 ★ | 6,689 | Seafood | YES | | #11 | Legal Sea Foods - Long Wharf | 4.3 ★ | 6,561 | Seafood | YES | | #12 | Mike's Pastry | 4.3 ★ | 6,492 | Pastries | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boston 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 Boston 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. hong kong eatery boston 8,100/mo polcari coffee 3,600/mo eagles deli boston 3,600/mo siam bistro boston 3,600/mo grill 23 boston 2,400/mo max's deli boston 1,900/mo mediterranean grill boston 1,600/mo canton eatery east boston 880/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boston metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Boston asks about food & dining People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Boston food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. What is Tom Brady's favorite restaurant in Boston? What are Boston's best hidden gem restaurants? Where to eat in Randolph, MA? What are some must-try restaurants in Boston? What is the 2 hour rule for pizza? Who has the best pizza deals out right now? Where can I find good pizza near Boston, Massachusetts? Who has the best pizza in Chester County, PA? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Boston 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 Boston search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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Boston, Massachusetts · Food & Dining · 629 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 629 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/boston/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