# Food & Dining search demand in Pittsburgh THE SEARCH LEDGER · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA · FOOD & DINING Every month Pittsburgh types 1,728,930 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/pittsburgh/food-dining#colophon) 693 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026 1,728,930 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026 $1.3M MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $1.15 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Pittsburgh 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 76, February 74, March 84, April 83, May 95, June 82, July 95, August 100, September 85, October 88, November 86, December 74. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Pittsburgh — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What Pittsburgh pays per click for food & dining The 20 highest-volume of 693 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“la gourmandine bakery pittsburgh”** at $5.13. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | restaurants near me | 823,000 | $0.51 | 7 | transactional | | 2 | pizza near me | 135,000 | $1.08 | 12 | transactional | | 3 | breakfast near me | 90,500 | $0.68 | 23 | transactional | | 4 | coffee shops near me | 60,500 | $0.31 | 0 | transactional | | 5 | bars near me | 60,500 | $0.43 | 0 | transactional | | 6 | pgh restaurants | 33,100 | $0.90 | 34 | commercial | | 7 | restaurantes en pittsburgh | 33,100 | $0.90 | | branded | | 8 | best pgh restaurants | 18,100 | $0.86 | 8 | commercial | | 9 | la gourmandine bakery pittsburgh | 18,100 | $5.13 | 0 | commercial | | 10 | bakery square pittsburgh | 14,800 | $2.52 | 22 | commercial | | 11 | strip district restaurants | 14,800 | $0.57 | 28 | commercial | | 12 | lawrenceville pittsburgh restaurants | 12,100 | $0.40 | 11 | commercial | | 13 | downtown pittsburgh restaurants | 9,900 | $0.88 | 10 | commercial | | 14 | cafe moulin shadyside | 9,900 | $0.33 | 0 | commercial | | 15 | pizza milano pittsburgh | 8,100 | $2.27 | 4 | commercial | | 16 | bar marco pittsburgh | 8,100 | $0.92 | 10 | commercial | | 17 | mt washington pittsburgh restaurants | 8,100 | $0.81 | 22 | commercial | | 18 | penn brewery pittsburgh | 8,100 | $0.30 | 7 | commercial | | 19 | pittsburgh brunch | 6,600 | $0.85 | 29 | commercial | | 20 | italian restaurants pittsburgh | 6,600 | $0.54 | 27 | commercial | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh 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 823,000/mo · $0.51 CPC · difficulty 7 MAP PACK - 1 Ritual House 4.5★ 913 - 2 The Eagle - Pittsburgh 4.4★ 1,500 - 3 Proper Brick Oven & Tap Room 4.6★ 2,300 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 discovertheburgh.com - 2 visitpittsburgh.com LOCAL - 3 ubereats.com - 4 tripadvisor.com - 5 yelp.com pizza near me 135,000/mo · $1.08 CPC · difficulty 12 MAP PACK - 1 Pizza Parma 4.7★ 4,000 - 2 Mamma Lucia Pizzeria 4.4★ 458 - 3 Zio Vito New York Pizzeria 4.6★ 172 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 pizzafiesta.com LOCAL - 2 tripadvisor.com - 3 grubhub.com LOCAL - 4 locations.papajohns.com LOCAL - 5 yelp.com Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh 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 | City Works (Market Square - Pittsburgh) | 4.6 ★ | 9,339 | American | YES | | #2 | Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.6 ★ | 5,785 | Brazilian | YES | | #3 | Condado Tacos | 4.4 ★ | 5,163 | Mexican | YES | | #4 | Primanti Bros. Restaurant and Bar | 4.3 ★ | 5,103 | Sandwich | YES | | #5 | Gaucho Parrilla Argentina | 4.6 ★ | 4,417 | South American | YES | | #6 | Fiori's Pizzaria | 4.7 ★ | 4,145 | Pizza | YES | | #7 | Pizza Parma | 4.7 ★ | 4,010 | Pizza | YES | | #8 | Pizza Parma | 4.7 ★ | 4,010 | Pizza | YES | | #9 | Grand Concourse | 4.2 ★ | 3,342 | Restaurant | YES | | #10 | Beto's Pizza | 4.5 ★ | 3,238 | Pizza | YES | | #11 | Sienna Mercato | 4.3 ★ | 3,141 | Italian | YES | | #12 | Sienna Mercato | 4.3 ★ | 3,141 | Italian | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh 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. restaurantes en pittsburgh 33,100/mo pittsburgh best coffee 1,600/mo pizzacare pittsburgh 1,600/mo crafthouse stage and grill pittsburgh pa 1,000/mo pittsburgh brewers 590/mo gastropub pittsburgh 590/mo coffee pittsburgh 320/mo primanti bros pittsburger 260/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Pittsburgh asks about food & dining People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Pittsburgh food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. What are the must-try restaurants in Pittsburgh? What are some hidden gem restaurants in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania? What are some good places to eat near Pittsburgh, PA? Where can I find the best dinner in downtown Pittsburgh? What is the 2 hour rule for pizza? Who has the best pizza in Pittsburgh, PA? Who has the best pizza deals out right now? Who has the best pizza in Chester County, PA? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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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. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Food & Dining · 693 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 693 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. 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