# Food & Dining search demand in Sacramento THE SEARCH LEDGER · SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA · FOOD & DINING Every month Sacramento types 535,800 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/sacramento/food-dining#colophon) 466 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Sacramento metro, Sep 8, 2026 535,800 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Sacramento metro, Sep 8, 2026 $382K MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $1.21 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Sacramento metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Sacramento 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 88, February 84, March 95, April 92, May 96, June 90, July 100, August 100, September 93, October 96, November 86, December 87. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Sacramento — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What Sacramento pays per click for food & dining The 20 highest-volume of 466 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“petra restaurant sacramento”** at $3.38. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | restaurants near me | 246,000 | $0.56 | 7 | transactional | | 2 | breakfast near me | 27,100 | $0.42 | 23 | transactional | | 3 | coffee shops near me | 22,200 | $0.34 | 0 | transactional | | 4 | pizza near me | 22,200 | $1.23 | 12 | transactional | | 5 | bars near me | 18,100 | $0.56 | 0 | transactional | | 6 | tower cafe sacramento | 14,800 | $0.38 | 4 | commercial | | 7 | restaurants in sac | 12,100 | $1.14 | 23 | commercial | | 8 | cafeteria 15l sacramento | 9,900 | $0.27 | | branded | | 9 | freeport bakery in sacramento | 8,100 | $0.19 | | commercial | | 10 | cafe dantorels sacramento | 5,400 | $0.18 | 0 | commercial | | 11 | grange restaurant sacramento | 5,400 | $0.49 | 10 | commercial | | 12 | scott's seafood in sacramento | 5,400 | $1.05 | | commercial | | 13 | willie's burger sacramento | 5,400 | $0.76 | 9 | commercial | | 14 | best restaurants in sac | 4,400 | $1.17 | 21 | commercial | | 15 | downtown sacramento restaurants | 3,600 | $1.07 | 19 | commercial | | 16 | petra restaurant sacramento | 3,600 | $3.38 | 13 | commercial | | 17 | brunch in sac | 2,900 | $0.43 | 1 | commercial | | 18 | food in sac | 2,900 | $0.87 | 21 | commercial | | 19 | breakfast in sacramento ca | 2,900 | $0.39 | | commercial | | 20 | oz korean bbq sacramento ca | 2,900 | $2.82 | 0 | commercial | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 246,000/mo · $0.56 CPC · difficulty 7 MAP PACK - 1 The Habibi’s Grill 4.2★ 136 - 2 Honey and The Trapcat 4.4★ 611 - 3 The Golden Bear 4.4★ 790 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 yelp.com - 2 visitsacramento.com - 3 tripadvisor.com - 4 ubereats.com - 5 sacramento.downtowngrid.com pizza near me 22,200/mo · $1.23 CPC · difficulty 12 MAP PACK - 1 Marilyn’s Pizza Slice 4.3★ 248 - 2 Pizza Twist 4.3★ 299 - 3 Bollywood Pizza - Sacramento 4.6★ 520 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 yelp.com - 2 locations.pizzahut.com LOCAL - 3 pizzaguys.com - 4 grubhub.com - 5 tripadvisor.com Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 | Joe's Crab Shack | 4.3 ★ | 12,040 | Seafood | YES | | #2 | In-N-Out Burger | 4.6 ★ | 6,924 | Hamburger | YES | | #3 | In-N-Out Burger | 4.6 ★ | 5,461 | Hamburger | YES | | #4 | Urban Plates | 4.8 ★ | 5,435 | American | YES | | #5 | Urban Plates | 4.8 ★ | 5,435 | American | YES | | #6 | In-N-Out Burger | 4.6 ★ | 4,714 | Hamburger | YES | | #7 | Tower Cafe | 4.6 ★ | 4,614 | Restaurant | YES | | #8 | Tower Cafe | 4.6 ★ | 4,614 | Restaurant | YES | | #9 | In-N-Out Burger | 4.6 ★ | 4,095 | Hamburger | YES | | #10 | Bacon & Butter | 4.6 ★ | 3,967 | Brunch | YES | | #11 | Bacon & Butter | 4.6 ★ | 3,967 | Brunch | YES | | #12 | Safeway | 4.2 ★ | 3,913 | Bakery | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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. cafeteria 15l sacramento 9,900/mo zinfandel grill sacramento 170/mo sac foodieland 70/mo temple coffee sacramento menu 70/mo whataburger sacramento 50/mo temple coffee menu sacramento 20/mo tupelo coffee sacramento 20/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Sacramento metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Sacramento asks about food & dining People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Sacramento food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. What are some must-eat places in Sacramento? What are some hidden gem restaurants in Sacramento? What's Sacramento's best downtown restaurant? What are some good lunch spots in Sacramento? 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 pizza in Louisville, KY? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Sacramento 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 Sacramento search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled. Sacramento, California · Food & Dining · 466 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 466 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/sacramento/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