THE SEARCH LEDGER · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA · FOOD & DINING
Every month Philadelphia types 4,533,720 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 FEB.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Philadelphia — 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 1,126 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “phillies v brewers” at $1.76.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restaurants near me | 2,240,000 | $0.45 | 7 | transactional |
| 2 | pizza near me | 368,000 | $1.10 | 12 | transactional |
| 3 | breakfast near me | 301,000 | $0.62 | 23 | transactional |
| 4 | bars near me | 246,000 | $0.38 | 0 | transactional |
| 5 | coffee shops near me | 201,000 | $0.54 | 0 | transactional |
| 6 | phillies v brewers | 60,500 | $1.76 | branded | |
| 7 | elixr coffee philadelphia | 33,100 | $0.75 | branded | |
| 8 | cafe la maude philly | 27,100 | $0.27 | 29 | commercial |
| 9 | philly top 50 restaurants | 22,200 | $0.55 | 6 | commercial |
| 10 | restaurants philadelphia | 22,200 | $1.04 | 8 | commercial |
| 11 | philadelphia restaurants | 18,100 | $0.99 | 17 | commercial |
| 12 | philly brunch | 14,800 | $0.63 | 7 | commercial |
| 13 | philly restaurants center city | 14,800 | $0.86 | 10 | commercial |
| 14 | assembly rooftop lounge philadelphia | 14,800 | $0.42 | branded | |
| 15 | front street cafe philadelphia | 14,800 | $0.34 | 13 | commercial |
| 16 | good dog bar philly | 14,800 | $0.23 | 0 | commercial |
| 17 | white dog cafe philly | 14,800 | $0.26 | 9 | commercial |
| 18 | yards brewery philadelphia pa | 14,800 | $0.27 | commercial | |
| 19 | fishtown restaurants | 12,100 | $0.33 | 8 | commercial |
| 20 | amada restaurant philadelphia | 12,100 | $0.19 | 18 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Philadelphia 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, Philadelphia 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 | Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.6 ★ | 8,787 | Brazilian | YES |
| #2 | Del Rossi's Cheesesteak & Pizza CO. | 4.6 ★ | 6,697 | American | YES |
| #3 | El Vez | 4.5 ★ | 6,520 | Restaurant | YES |
| #4 | The Cheesecake Factory | 4.1 ★ | 5,396 | American | YES |
| #5 | Maggiano's Little Italy | 4.4 ★ | 5,071 | Italian | YES |
| #6 | Angelo's Pizzeria | 4.6 ★ | 4,849 | Pizza | YES |
| #7 | Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse | 4.5 ★ | 4,120 | Steak | YES |
| #8 | Lorenzo and Sons Pizza | 4.5 ★ | 3,318 | Pizza | YES |
| #9 | Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Center City | 4.3 ★ | 3,130 | Brewpub | YES |
| #10 | Double Knot | 4.6 ★ | 2,818 | Japanese | YES |
| #11 | Oyster House | 4.6 ★ | 2,717 | Seafood | YES |
| #12 | Chili's Grill & Bar | 3.7 ★ | 2,551 | Restaurant | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Philadelphia 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, Philadelphia metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Philadelphia food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What are the must-try restaurants in Philadelphia?
Where to eat in Wilkes Barre, PA?
What are some hidden gem restaurants in Philadelphia?
What are the 10 best restaurants?
What is the 2 hour rule for pizza?
Who has the best pizza deals out right now?
Who has the best pizza in Mechanicsville, VA?
What is the best new pizza place in Philadelphia?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Philadelphia 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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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.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Food & Dining · 1,126 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026