# Food & Dining search demand in New York THE SEARCH LEDGER · NEW YORK, NEW YORK · FOOD & DINING Every month New York types 19,508,370 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/new-york/food-dining#colophon) 4,195 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), New York metro, Sep 8, 2026 19,508,370 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), New York metro, Sep 8, 2026 $12.3M MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $1.20 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), New York metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When New York searches for food & dining Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in AUG and lowest in FEB. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 73, February 68, March 83, April 83, May 99, June 97, July 97, August 100, September 88, October 91, November 88, December 90. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Food & Dining category in New York — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What New York pays per click for food & dining The 20 highest-volume of 4,195 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“tops diner east newark new jersey”** at $1.26. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | restaurants near me | 7,480,000 | $0.44 | 7 | transactional | | 2 | bars near me | 1,500,000 | $0.33 | 0 | transactional | | 3 | pizza near me | 1,220,000 | $0.74 | 12 | transactional | | 4 | coffee shops near me | 673,000 | $0.33 | 0 | transactional | | 5 | breakfast near me | 673,000 | $0.39 | 23 | transactional | | 6 | los tacos no 1 nyc | 450,000 | $0.37 | 13 | commercial | | 7 | katz deli | 368,000 | $0.80 | | branded | | 8 | 230th rooftop | 246,000 | $0.55 | | branded | | 9 | 230 fifth bar | 246,000 | $0.55 | 10 | commercial | | 10 | magnolia bakery | 165,000 | $0.36 | 20 | commercial | | 11 | gallagher steakhouse nyc | 110,000 | $0.78 | 29 | commercial | | 12 | keens steakhouse manhattan | 110,000 | $0.70 | 24 | commercial | | 13 | prince st pizza | 90,500 | $0.88 | 24 | commercial | | 14 | mia's bakery nyc | 90,500 | $1.02 | 2 | commercial | | 15 | cafe mogador nyc | 90,500 | $0.79 | 17 | commercial | | 16 | the dead rabbit bar | 90,500 | $0.22 | 13 | commercial | | 17 | tops diner east newark new jersey | 90,500 | $1.26 | | commercial | | 18 | ansel bakery nyc | 74,000 | $0.66 | 52 | commercial | | 19 | black fox coffee nyc | 74,000 | $0.19 | | branded | | 20 | jongro bbq nyc | 74,000 | $0.40 | 14 | commercial | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), New York 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 New York 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. los tacos no 1 nyc 450,000/mo · $0.37 CPC · difficulty 13 MAP PACK - 1 LOS TACOS No.1 - 2 LOS TACOS No.1 - 3 LOS TACOS No.1 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 lostacos1.com LOCAL - 2 instagram.com LOCAL - 3 yelp.com - 4 reddit.com - 5 tripadvisor.com cafe luxembourg nyc 49,500/mo · $0.76 CPC · difficulty 12 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 cafeluxembourg.com - 2 opentable.com - 3 yelp.com - 4 instagram.com LOCAL - 5 nymag.com Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), New York 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 New York 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 | STK Steakhouse | 4.8 ★ | 38,563 | Steak | YES | | #2 | STK Steakhouse | 4.8 ★ | 21,041 | Steak | YES | | #3 | miss KOREA BBQ | 4.7 ★ | 19,261 | Asian | YES | | #4 | LOS TACOS No.1 | 4.8 ★ | 16,200 | Mexican | YES | | #5 | Peter Luger Steak House | 4.4 ★ | 16,125 | Steak | YES | | #6 | Dallas BBQ - Times Square | 4.1 ★ | 15,245 | Barbecue | YES | | #7 | OLIO E PIÙ | 4.7 ★ | 12,434 | Italian | YES | | #8 | Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.5 ★ | 10,247 | Brazilian | YES | | #9 | Keens Steakhouse | 4.6 ★ | 9,934 | Steak | YES | | #10 | Gallagher’s Steakhouse NYC | 4.6 ★ | 9,860 | Steak | YES | | #11 | Grimaldi's Pizzeria | 4.2 ★ | 9,770 | Pizza | YES | | #12 | Dominique Ansel Bakery | 4.3 ★ | 9,278 | Bakery | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), New York 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 New York 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. katz deli 368,000/mo 230th rooftop 246,000/mo black fox coffee nyc 74,000/mo refinery rooftop 60,500/mo best bagels and coffee nyc 60,500/mo cantina rooftop nyc 40,500/mo the delancey rooftop 27,100/mo sarge's deli nyc 27,100/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), New York metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What New York asks about food & dining People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from New York food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. Why are Los Tacos No. 1 famous? Is Los Tacos No. 1 worth the hype? Which Los Tacos No. 1 is best? What was the reason for the lawsuit filed against Los Tacos No. 1? Who owns Cafe Luxembourg in NYC? What to order at Cafe Luxembourg? What is the most iconic NYC restaurant? What are the entrées on the menu at Cafe Luxembourg in New York, NY, and what are the prices? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), New York 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 New York search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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New York, New York · Food & Dining · 4,195 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 4,195 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/new-york/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