# Food & Dining search demand in Raleigh-Durham THE SEARCH LEDGER · RALEIGH-DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA · FOOD & DINING Every month Raleigh-Durham types 2,232,480 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/raleigh-durham/food-dining#colophon) 516 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Raleigh-Durham metro, Sep 8, 2026 2,232,480 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Raleigh-Durham metro, Sep 8, 2026 $1.6M MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $1.14 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Raleigh-Durham metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Raleigh-Durham 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 JAN. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 75, February 77, March 88, April 85, May 98, June 84, July 96, August 100, September 86, October 88, November 88, December 87. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Raleigh-Durham — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What Raleigh-Durham pays per click for food & dining The 20 highest-volume of 516 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“oakwood pizza raleigh”** at $3.44. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | restaurants near me | 1,220,000 | $0.53 | 7 | transactional | | 2 | breakfast near me | 135,000 | $0.80 | 23 | transactional | | 3 | coffee shops near me | 110,000 | $0.50 | 0 | transactional | | 4 | pizza near me | 110,000 | $1.30 | 12 | transactional | | 5 | bars near me | 60,500 | $0.41 | 0 | transactional | | 6 | angus barn raleigh | 49,500 | $0.76 | | branded | | 7 | raleigh restaurants | 33,100 | $0.77 | 17 | commercial | | 8 | restaurants durham nc | 22,200 | $0.71 | 12 | commercial | | 9 | cool raleigh restaurants | 18,100 | $0.63 | 5 | commercial | | 10 | restaurants cary nc | 18,100 | $0.56 | 14 | commercial | | 11 | downtown raleigh dining | 14,800 | $0.63 | 32 | commercial | | 12 | the pit barbecue raleigh | 14,800 | $1.28 | | branded | | 13 | brewery bhavana raleigh | 14,800 | $0.04 | 2 | commercial | | 14 | oakwood pizza raleigh | 12,100 | $3.44 | 0 | commercial | | 15 | sola coffee raleigh | 12,100 | $0.94 | | branded | | 16 | sushi nine raleigh | 12,100 | $2.29 | 7 | commercial | | 17 | trophy brewery raleigh | 12,100 | $0.22 | | commercial | | 18 | restaurants chapel hill nc | 12,100 | $0.82 | 13 | commercial | | 19 | raleigh brunch | 9,900 | $0.60 | 0 | commercial | | 20 | italian restaurants raleigh | 8,100 | $0.71 | 18 | commercial | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Raleigh-Durham 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 Raleigh-Durham 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 1,220,000/mo · $0.53 CPC · difficulty 7 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 tripadvisor.com - 2 ubereats.com - 3 themillraleigh.com - 4 yelp.com - 5 carolinas.eater.com pizza near me 110,000/mo · $1.30 CPC · difficulty 12 MAP PACK - 1 Ruckus Pizza and Bar 4.5★ 1,100 - 2 D.P. Dough 4.4★ 530 - 3 Benny Capitale's Pizza 4.3★ 1,200 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 manhattanpizza.com - 2 tripadvisor.com - 3 locations.papajohns.com LOCAL - 4 yelp.com - 5 timberpizza.com LOCAL Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Raleigh-Durham 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 Raleigh-Durham 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 | The Pit Authentic Barbecue | 4.3 ★ | 8,598 | Barbecue | YES | | #2 | Morgan Street Food Hall | 4.5 ★ | 7,016 | Restaurant | YES | | #3 | Taverna Agora | 4.6 ★ | 4,722 | Greek | YES | | #4 | Bad Daddy's Burger Bar | 4.5 ★ | 3,737 | Hamburger | YES | | #5 | Brewery Bhavana - Downtown | 4.7 ★ | 3,502 | Restaurant | YES | | #6 | Whiskey Kitchen | 4.5 ★ | 3,258 | Restaurant | YES | | #7 | Sitti | 4.4 ★ | 3,238 | Lebanese | YES | | #8 | Big Ed's City Market Restaurant | 4.6 ★ | 3,125 | Southern | YES | | #9 | The Raleigh Times | 4.4 ★ | 3,064 | Bar | YES | | #10 | Mellow Mushroom Raleigh | 4.5 ★ | 2,992 | Pizza | YES | | #11 | The Big Easy NC | 4.2 ★ | 2,740 | American | YES | | #12 | Flying Saucer Draught Emporium | 4.5 ★ | 2,738 | Beer Garden | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Raleigh-Durham 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 Raleigh-Durham 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. angus barn 49,500/mo the pit barbecue raleigh 14,800/mo sola coffee raleigh 12,100/mo sammy's tap and grill raleigh 4,400/mo capital grill raleigh 3,600/mo roast grill raleigh 3,600/mo glenwood grill raleigh 2,900/mo north hills 2,900/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Raleigh-Durham metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Raleigh-Durham asks about food & dining People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Raleigh-Durham food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. What are some of the best-kept secret restaurants in Raleigh, NC? What are some must-eat restaurants in Raleigh? What food is Raleigh known for? What are some good restaurants in North Hills, Raleigh, NC? What is the 2 hour rule for pizza? Who has the best pizza deals out right now? Where can I find a good pizza place near me in Raleigh, NC? Who has the best pizza in Mechanicsville, VA? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Raleigh-Durham 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 Raleigh-Durham 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. Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina · Food & Dining · 516 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 516 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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