THE SEARCH LEDGER · PORTLAND, OREGON · FOOD & DINING
Every month Portland types 2,525,010 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 AUG and lowest in FEB.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Portland — 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 699 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “apizza scholls portland” at $2.70.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restaurants near me | 1,220,000 | $0.42 | 7 | transactional |
| 2 | coffee shops near me | 165,000 | $0.31 | 0 | transactional |
| 3 | breakfast near me | 165,000 | $0.34 | 23 | transactional |
| 4 | bars near me | 135,000 | $0.39 | 0 | transactional |
| 5 | pizza near me | 110,000 | $1.19 | 12 | transactional |
| 6 | portland restaurants | 27,100 | $0.79 | 46 | commercial |
| 7 | city grill portland | 27,100 | $0.30 | branded | |
| 8 | ox restaurant portland | 22,200 | $0.35 | 11 | commercial |
| 9 | ken's bakery portland | 18,100 | $0.29 | 7 | commercial |
| 10 | ken's pizza portland | 18,100 | $0.46 | 7 | commercial |
| 11 | apizza scholls portland | 14,800 | $2.70 | branded | |
| 12 | south park restaurant portland | 12,100 | $0.26 | 8 | commercial |
| 13 | jake's grill portland | 12,100 | $0.46 | branded | |
| 14 | stepping stone cafe portland | 12,100 | $0.86 | 0 | commercial |
| 15 | cascadia bakery portland | 9,900 | $0.33 | 15 | commercial |
| 16 | brunch pdx | 9,900 | $0.46 | 7 | commercial |
| 17 | best restaurants portland | 9,900 | $0.88 | 13 | commercial |
| 18 | best pdx restaurants | 9,900 | $0.75 | 10 | commercial |
| 19 | breakfast in portland oregon | 9,900 | $0.31 | 15 | commercial |
| 20 | chiyo sushi portland | 9,900 | $1.58 | 0 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Portland 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, Portland 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 | 4.7 ★ | 16,951 | Brazilian | YES |
| #2 | Luc Lac Vietnamese Kitchen | 4.4 ★ | 6,885 | Asian | YES |
| #3 | Sizzle Pie | 4.3 ★ | 3,578 | Pizza | YES |
| #4 | Huber's Cafe | 4.6 ★ | 3,378 | American | YES |
| #5 | Southpark Seafood | 4.4 ★ | 2,980 | Seafood | YES |
| #6 | Departure Restaurant + Lounge | 4.3 ★ | 2,608 | Restaurant | YES |
| #7 | Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub | 4.4 ★ | 2,551 | Restaurant | YES |
| #8 | Dante's | 4.4 ★ | 2,358 | Pizza | YES |
| #9 | Baby Doll Pizza | 4.6 ★ | 2,297 | Pizza | YES |
| #10 | Apizza Scholls | 4.6 ★ | 2,270 | Pizza | YES |
| #11 | Melting Pot | 4.3 ★ | 2,229 | Fondue | YES |
| #12 | Escape From New York Pizza | 4.5 ★ | 2,189 | Pizza | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Portland 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, Portland metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Portland food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What are some must-eat restaurants in Portland?
Where to have dinner in Salem, Oregon?
What is the best restaurant in Portland, Oregon according to Yelp?
What are the 10 best restaurants?
What is the 2 hour rule for pizza?
What's Portland's most iconic pizza place?
Who has the best pizza deals out right now?
Where can I find good pizza in Wilsonville, Oregon?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Portland 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.
Portland, Oregon · Food & Dining · 699 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026