THE SEARCH LEDGER · GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA · FOOD & DINING
Every month Greenville types 233,910 food & dining searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.
Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in JUL and lowest in JAN.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Greenville — 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 252 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “up on the rooftop greenville sc” at $1.57.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restaurants near me | 110,000 | $0.51 | 7 | transactional |
| 2 | greenville restaurants | 12,100 | $0.72 | 13 | commercial |
| 3 | breakfast near me | 12,100 | $0.33 | 23 | transactional |
| 4 | coffee shops near me | 9,900 | $0.36 | 0 | transactional |
| 5 | pizza near me | 9,900 | $1.18 | 12 | transactional |
| 6 | dining downtown greenville sc | 6,600 | $0.53 | 9 | commercial |
| 7 | coffee underground greenville | 6,600 | $1.08 | branded | |
| 8 | methodical coffee greenville sc | 6,600 | $0.27 | branded | |
| 9 | bars near me | 6,600 | $0.30 | 0 | transactional |
| 10 | sassafras bistro greenville sc | 3,600 | $0.21 | branded | |
| 11 | best restaurants in greenville | 2,900 | $0.63 | 3 | commercial |
| 12 | breakfast in greenville sc | 2,400 | $0.32 | 0 | commercial |
| 13 | greenville brunch | 1,900 | $0.60 | 5 | commercial |
| 14 | greenville food | 1,600 | $1.37 | 18 | commercial |
| 15 | up on the rooftop greenville sc | 1,600 | $1.57 | branded | |
| 16 | greenville coffee shop | 1,300 | $0.42 | 4 | commercial |
| 17 | greenville italian restaurant | 1,300 | $0.43 | 11 | commercial |
| 18 | augusta grill greenville sc | 1,300 | $0.80 | branded | |
| 19 | greenville mexican restaurants | 1,000 | $0.72 | 14 | commercial |
| 20 | greenville sushi | 880 | $0.30 | 4 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Greenville 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, Greenville 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 | Willy Taco - Feed & Seed | 4.6 ★ | 5,913 | Restaurant | YES |
| #2 | Willy Taco - Feed & Seed | 4.6 ★ | 5,913 | Restaurant | YES |
| #3 | Stax Omega Diner | 4.5 ★ | 5,626 | Breakfast | YES |
| #4 | Stax Omega Diner | 4.5 ★ | 5,626 | Breakfast | YES |
| #5 | Cracker Barrel Old Country Store | 4.4 ★ | 5,294 | American | YES |
| #6 | UP on the Roof | 4.3 ★ | 4,697 | American | YES |
| #7 | UP on the Roof | 4.3 ★ | 4,697 | American | YES |
| #8 | UP on the Roof | 4.3 ★ | 4,697 | American | YES |
| #9 | Olive Garden Italian Restaurant | 4.2 ★ | 4,527 | Italian | YES |
| #10 | Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar | 4.4 ★ | 4,486 | American | YES |
| #11 | Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar | 4.4 ★ | 4,486 | American | YES |
| #12 | Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar | 4.4 ★ | 4,486 | American | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Greenville 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, Greenville metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Greenville food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What are some must-eat restaurants in Greenville, SC?
What are some hidden gem restaurants in Greenville, SC?
What is the best place to have lunch in Greenville, SC?
What food is Greenville, SC known for?
What is the 2 hour rule for pizza?
Where's the best place to get a pizza?
Who has the best pizza in Mechanicsville, VA?
What is the best pizza in Port St. Lucie?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Greenville 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.
Greenville, South Carolina · Food & Dining · 252 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026