# Food & Dining search demand in Philadelphia

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.

BY [SEO BANDWAGON](https://seobandwagon.com/about) · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · [HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/philadelphia/food-dining#colophon)

1,126

KEYWORDS TRACKED

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Philadelphia metro, Sep 8, 2026

4,533,720

SEARCHES / MONTH

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Philadelphia metro, Sep 8, 2026

$3.0M

MONTHLY AD VALUE

Source: volume × CPC, computed

$1.38

AVERAGE CPC

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Philadelphia metro, Sep 8, 2026

## When Philadelphia searches for food & dining

Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in JUL and lowest in FEB.

Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 69, February 65, March 78, April 76, May 91, June 91, July 100, August 92, September 85, October 79, November 79, December 68.

Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) 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.

## What Philadelphia pays per click for food & dining

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 |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia 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

2,240,000/mo · $0.45 CPC · difficulty 7

MAP PACK

-   1 The Hayes 4.1★ 138
-   2 Kite & Key 4.3★ 1,100
-   3 Pizzeria Cappelli 3.3★ 418

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 yelp.com
-   2 ubereats.com
-   3 philly.eater.com
-   4 visitphilly.com
-   5 tripadvisor.com

pizza near me

368,000/mo · $1.10 CPC · difficulty 12

MAP PACK

-   1 Pizzeria Cappelli 3.3★ 418
-   2 15th Street Pizza & Cheesesteak 3.5★ 128
-   3 Pazzo Pizza (Formerly Rittenhouse Pizza) 3.9★ 42

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 pugliapizza.com LOCAL
-   2 tripadvisor.com
-   3 yelp.com
-   4 locations.pizzahut.com LOCAL
-   5 pizza.dominos.com

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), 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 food & dining businesses competing in Philadelphia

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 |

Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia 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.

phillies v brewers 60,500/mo

elixr coffee philadelphia 33,100/mo

assembly rooftop lounge philadelphia 14,800/mo

ultimo coffee philadelphia 12,100/mo

marathon grill philly 8,100/mo

brewerytown philadelphia 5,400/mo

coffee philadelphia 4,400/mo

best coffee philly 2,900/mo

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Philadelphia metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.

## What Philadelphia asks about food & dining

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?

Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Philadelphia metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.

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## More Philadelphia search data

Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.

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FOOD & DINING IN OTHER METROS

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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.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Food & Dining · 1,126 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 1,126 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).

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