422 tracked keywords, 8,089,100 searches a month, $5.0M in equivalent ad value — live market data for the Chicago metro.
12-month demand index across this vertical's keywords. 100 = the peak month.
Top 50 of 422 by search volume. Volume is metro-scoped; CPC is what advertisers pay per click today — up to $19.74 for “flower delivery lakeview chicago”.
| KEYWORD | SEARCHES/MO | CPC | DIFF | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| restaurants near me | 4,090,000 | $0.46 | 9 | transactional |
| pizza near me | 450,000 | $1.01 | 0 | transactional |
| breakfast near me | 450,000 | $0.36 | 23 | transactional |
| bars near me | 450,000 | $0.29 | 0 | transactional |
| lou malnati pizza | 301,000 | $0.31 | 18 | commercial |
| coffee shops near me | 301,000 | $0.29 | 0 | transactional |
| gilt bar chicago | 60,500 | $1.39 | 6 | commercial |
| chicago pizza grinder | 49,500 | $0.27 | 18 | commercial |
| cafe ba ba reeba chicago | 49,500 | $0.95 | 10 | commercial |
| emporium bar chicago | 40,500 | $0.44 | 16 | commercial |
| andy's jazz bar chicago | 33,100 | $0.30 | 14 | commercial |
| chicago nutella cafe | 33,100 | — | — | commercial |
| chicago pizza | 27,100 | $0.51 | 23 | commercial |
| west loop restaurants | 27,100 | $1.43 | 4 | commercial |
| restaurantes chicago | 27,100 | $1.38 | — | informational |
| luxbar chicago | 27,100 | $0.94 | — | branded |
| bar siena chicago | 27,100 | $1.28 | 20 | commercial |
| eleven city diner chicago | 27,100 | $0.37 | 10 | commercial |
| magnolia bakery chicago il | 27,100 | $0.34 | 15 | commercial |
| pizza deep | 22,200 | $0.31 | — | commercial |
| italian restaurants chicago | 22,200 | $1.33 | 35 | commercial |
| pizza home run inn | 22,200 | $0.74 | 5 | commercial |
| frontera grill chicago | 22,200 | $0.51 | — | branded |
| giordano's pizza | 18,100 | $1.59 | 25 | commercial |
| best restaurants chicago | 18,100 | $0.94 | 18 | commercial |
| michelin restaurants chicago | 18,100 | $0.70 | 30 | commercial |
| gordon ramsay burger chicago | 18,100 | $0.34 | 10 | commercial |
| cool restaurants in chicago | 18,100 | $0.98 | 0 | commercial |
| carnivale restaurant chicago | 18,100 | $1.15 | 6 | commercial |
| emerald bar chicago | 18,100 | $0.32 | 0 | commercial |
| high five ramen chicago | 18,100 | $0.22 | 0 | commercial |
| chicago restaurants | 14,800 | $1.39 | 25 | commercial |
| chicago style pizza | 14,800 | $0.38 | 38 | commercial |
| river north restaurants | 14,800 | $1.17 | 17 | commercial |
| jimmys pizza cafe | 14,800 | $3.05 | 11 | commercial |
| brunch chicago | 14,800 | $0.81 | 10 | commercial |
| beauty bar chicago | 14,800 | $0.13 | 0 | commercial |
| chicago redhead piano bar | 14,800 | $0.19 | — | commercial |
| geja's cafe chicago | 14,800 | $3.27 | 11 | commercial |
| stax cafe chicago | 14,800 | $0.51 | 5 | commercial |
| restaurant week chicago | 12,100 | $2.60 | 0 | commercial |
| beggars pizza near me | 12,100 | $1.36 | 0 | transactional |
| lincoln park restaurants | 12,100 | $1.36 | 25 | commercial |
| ema restaurant chicago | 12,100 | $0.63 | 10 | commercial |
| breakfast in chicago | 12,100 | $0.37 | 15 | commercial |
| brown sugar bakery chicago | 12,100 | $0.65 | 14 | commercial |
| tanuki sushi chicago | 12,100 | $0.77 | — | branded |
| spy bar chicago | 12,100 | $0.97 | 9 | commercial |
| bar cocina chicago | 12,100 | $0.43 | — | commercial |
| erie cafe chicago | 12,100 | $0.16 | 0 | commercial |
Live Google results for the highest-value food & dining searches in Chicago.
1,000 food & dining businesses tracked in the Chicago metro — 68 of them have no website at all.
| BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | WEBSITE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.8 | 27,650 | ✓ |
| Giordano's | 4.5 | 26,284 | ✓ |
| Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.8 | 25,226 | ✓ |
| Gino's East | 4.7 | 19,981 | ✓ |
| Kitchen + Kocktails By Kevin Kelley - Chicago | 4.7 | 18,338 | ✓ |
| Pizzeria Portofino | 4.9 | 18,210 | ✓ |
| STK Steakhouse | 4.7 | 17,775 | ✓ |
| RAMEN-SAN | 4.7 | 17,355 | ✓ |
| Giordano's | 4.4 | 15,884 | ✓ |
| Lou Malnati's Pizzeria | 4.4 | 13,318 | ✓ |
The food & dining names Chicago already knows — branded demand is the moat everyone else ranks against.
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