# Food & Dining search demand in Providence THE SEARCH LEDGER · PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND · FOOD & DINING Every month Providence types 243,920 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/providence/food-dining#colophon) 278 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Providence metro, Sep 8, 2026 243,920 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Providence metro, Sep 8, 2026 $229K MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $1.27 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Providence metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Providence 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 71, March 83, April 83, May 93, June 89, July 99, August 100, September 88, October 98, November 84, December 74. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Providence — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What Providence pays per click for food & dining The 20 highest-volume of 278 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“vasilio's pizza”** at $6.22. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | restaurants near me | 74,000 | $0.45 | 7 | transactional | | 2 | breakfast near me | 14,800 | $0.28 | 23 | transactional | | 3 | pizza near me | 9,900 | $0.96 | 12 | transactional | | 4 | bars near me | 9,900 | $0.44 | 0 | transactional | | 5 | coffee shops near me | 8,100 | $0.28 | 0 | transactional | | 6 | waterman grille providence | 5,400 | $0.39 | | branded | | 7 | mokban korean bistro providence | 4,400 | $0.84 | | branded | | 8 | prov restaurants | 3,600 | $1.19 | | commercial | | 9 | restaurantes en providence | 3,600 | $1.19 | | informational | | 10 | vasilios pizza providence | 3,600 | $2.96 | 1 | commercial | | 11 | pizza j providence | 3,600 | $0.55 | 2 | commercial | | 12 | coal pizza providence | 3,600 | $1.55 | | commercial | | 13 | harry's bar providence | 3,600 | $1.05 | 0 | commercial | | 14 | providence g rooftop bar | 3,600 | $0.47 | | commercial | | 15 | vasilio's pizza | 3,600 | $6.22 | | commercial | | 16 | federal hill restaurants ri | 2,900 | $0.99 | | commercial | | 17 | big tony's pizza providence | 2,900 | $3.14 | 17 | commercial | | 18 | prov oyster bar | 2,900 | $1.83 | | commercial | | 19 | union station brewery providence | 2,900 | $0.42 | 0 | commercial | | 20 | great providence restaurants | 2,400 | $0.90 | 2 | commercial | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Providence 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 Providence 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 74,000/mo · $0.45 CPC · difficulty 7 MAP PACK - 1 Rogue Island Local Kitchen & Bar 4.5★ 1,200 - 2 Sydney Providence 4.4★ 530 - 3 Rooftop at the Providence G 4.3★ 1,600 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 goprovidence.com - 2 tripadvisor.com - 3 opentable.com - 4 saveur.com - 5 yelp.com vasilios pizza providence 3,600/mo · $2.96 CPC · difficulty 1 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 vasiliospizza.com LOCAL - 2 yelp.com - 3 facebook.com LOCAL - 4 tripadvisor.com - 5 visitrhodeisland.com LOCAL Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Providence 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 Providence 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 | Los Andes | 4.7 ★ | 5,321 | Peruvian | YES | | #2 | Los Andes | 4.7 ★ | 5,321 | Peruvian | YES | | #3 | Dave & Buster's Providence | 4.2 ★ | 4,422 | Restaurant | YES | | #4 | Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.7 ★ | 4,408 | Brazilian | YES | | #5 | Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.7 ★ | 4,408 | Brazilian | YES | | #6 | Twin Oaks Restaurant | 4.4 ★ | 4,111 | Italian | YES | | #7 | Twin Oaks Restaurant | 4.4 ★ | 4,111 | Italian | YES | | #8 | The Cheesecake Factory | 4.1 ★ | 3,962 | American | YES | | #9 | Marchetti's Restaurant | 4.6 ★ | 3,839 | Italian | YES | | #10 | Texas Roadhouse | 4.3 ★ | 3,762 | Steak | YES | | #11 | Churrascaria Tropeiro's Grill-Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.5 ★ | 3,189 | Brazilian | YES | | #12 | Mokban Korean Bistro | 4.7 ★ | 2,922 | Korean | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Providence 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 Providence 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. waterman grille providence 5,400/mo mokban korean bistro providence 4,400/mo wise guys deli providence 1,000/mo the capital grille providence menu 260/mo pvdpizza 170/mo broadway bistro providence 70/mo capital grill providence menu 20/mo gastropub providence 10/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Providence metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Providence asks about food & dining People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Providence food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. What are some good places to eat in Providence? What food is Providence known for? What are some hidden gem restaurants in Providence? What's going on in Providence today? Which pizza in Rhode Island has Dave Portnoy rated the highest? Who has the best pizza in Providence, Rhode Island? What are some must-eat restaurants in Providence RI? Where can I find good pizza near East Providence, RI? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Providence 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 Providence search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled. Providence, Rhode Island · Food & Dining · 278 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 278 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/providence/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