THE SEARCH LEDGER · SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH · FOOD & DINING
Every month Salt Lake City types 2,033,270 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 JAN.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Salt Lake City — 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 576 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “sapa sushi slc” at $4.74.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restaurants near me | 1,220,000 | $0.59 | 7 | transactional |
| 2 | breakfast near me | 135,000 | $0.52 | 23 | transactional |
| 3 | coffee shops near me | 90,500 | $0.41 | 0 | transactional |
| 4 | pizza near me | 90,500 | $1.25 | 12 | transactional |
| 5 | bars near me | 60,500 | $1.05 | 0 | transactional |
| 6 | r&r bbq slc | 40,500 | $1.95 | 16 | commercial |
| 7 | dining slc | 33,100 | $1.04 | 23 | commercial |
| 8 | salt lake restaurants | 33,100 | $1.04 | 23 | commercial |
| 9 | evas bakery slc | 18,100 | $0.84 | 26 | commercial |
| 10 | top restaurants in slc | 14,800 | $0.96 | 3 | commercial |
| 11 | food in slc | 9,900 | $0.76 | 18 | commercial |
| 12 | the park cafe salt lake city | 9,900 | $0.90 | 0 | commercial |
| 13 | brunch slc | 8,100 | $0.98 | 0 | commercial |
| 14 | restaurants downtown slc | 8,100 | $1.07 | 14 | commercial |
| 15 | breakfast in slc | 8,100 | $0.74 | 0 | commercial |
| 16 | bar in slc | 6,600 | $1.45 | 20 | commercial |
| 17 | bars in salt lake | 6,600 | $1.45 | 0 | commercial |
| 18 | sapa sushi slc | 6,600 | $4.74 | 0 | commercial |
| 19 | slc sushi | 5,400 | $0.63 | 13 | commercial |
| 20 | bambara restaurant salt lake city | 5,400 | $1.93 | 0 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Salt Lake City 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.
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, Salt Lake City 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 | Sol Agave | 4.9 ★ | 7,133 | Mexican | YES |
| #2 | Spitz Mediterranean Street Food | 4.7 ★ | 5,847 | Mediterranean | YES |
| #3 | Gourmandise | 4.5 ★ | 5,664 | Restaurant | YES |
| #4 | Slackwater Sandy | 4.6 ★ | 4,437 | Pizza | YES |
| #5 | Ruth's Chris Steak House | 4.7 ★ | 4,274 | Steak | YES |
| #6 | The Pie Pizzeria - Underground | 4.6 ★ | 4,233 | Pizza | YES |
| #7 | Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana | 4.5 ★ | 4,168 | Pizza | YES |
| #8 | Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana | 4.5 ★ | 4,168 | Pizza | YES |
| #9 | Gracie's | 4.2 ★ | 4,122 | Bar | YES |
| #10 | The Pie Pizzeria - South Salt Lake | 4.6 ★ | 3,996 | Pizza | YES |
| #11 | The Bayou | 4.6 ★ | 3,968 | Grill | YES |
| #12 | Benihana - Salt Lake City | 4.3 ★ | 3,895 | Japanese | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Salt Lake City 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, Salt Lake City metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Salt Lake City food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What is the 30/30/30 rule for restaurants?
What are some must-go restaurants in Salt Lake City?
What is the best place to have lunch in Salt Lake City?
What are some hidden gems in downtown Salt Lake City?
What does R&R BBQ in Salt Lake City have on their menu?
What are people saying about R&R BBQ in Salt Lake City?
Is R&R BBQ a chain?
Where can I find the best barbecue in Salt Lake City?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Salt Lake City 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.
Salt Lake City, Utah · Food & Dining · 576 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026