THE SEARCH LEDGER · SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA · FOOD & DINING
Every month San Francisco Bay Area types 2,315,030 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 JUN and lowest in FEB.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Food & Dining category in San Francisco Bay Area — 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 895 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “goldenboy pizza” at $1.24.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restaurants near me | 1,000,000 | $0.27 | 7 | transactional |
| 2 | bars near me | 165,000 | $0.24 | 0 | transactional |
| 3 | arsicault bakery | 110,000 | $0.24 | 9 | commercial |
| 4 | breakfast near me | 110,000 | $0.24 | 23 | transactional |
| 5 | coffee shops near me | 90,500 | $0.25 | 0 | transactional |
| 6 | tony's neapolitan pizza | 60,500 | $1.02 | 13 | commercial |
| 7 | pizza near me | 60,500 | $0.55 | 12 | transactional |
| 8 | boudins bakery | 49,500 | $0.62 | 11 | commercial |
| 9 | goldenboy pizza | 33,100 | $1.24 | 22 | commercial |
| 10 | zuni cafe san francisco | 27,100 | $0.68 | 21 | commercial |
| 11 | balboa cafe san francisco | 22,200 | $0.15 | 0 | commercial |
| 12 | vesuvio bar san francisco | 22,200 | $0.10 | 6 | commercial |
| 13 | john's grill san francisco | 22,200 | $0.28 | branded | |
| 14 | pinecrest diner san francisco | 18,100 | $0.82 | 1 | commercial |
| 15 | rooh restaurant san francisco | 14,800 | $0.23 | 16 | commercial |
| 16 | colibri restaurant san francisco | 12,100 | $0.64 | 5 | commercial |
| 17 | absinthe bar san francisco | 9,900 | $0.96 | 6 | commercial |
| 18 | anchor oyster bar san francisco | 9,900 | $0.43 | 0 | commercial |
| 19 | honey honey cafe san francisco | 9,900 | $0.33 | commercial | |
| 20 | nob hill cafes | 9,900 | $0.62 | 0 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, San Francisco Bay Area 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, San Francisco Bay Area 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 | Boudin Bakery | 4.4 ★ | 18,601 | Bakery | YES |
| #2 | Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.7 ★ | 12,789 | Brazilian | YES |
| #3 | Tony's Pizza Napoletana | 4.5 ★ | 10,627 | Pizza | YES |
| #4 | Texas Roadhouse | 4.4 ★ | 7,703 | Steak | YES |
| #5 | House of Prime Rib | 4.6 ★ | 7,468 | Steak | YES |
| #6 | La Taqueria | 4.5 ★ | 7,449 | Mexican | YES |
| #7 | Super Duper Burgers | 4.4 ★ | 6,925 | Restaurant | YES |
| #8 | Brenda's French Soul Food | 4.5 ★ | 6,385 | Southern | YES |
| #9 | Brenda's French Soul Food | 4.5 ★ | 6,385 | Southern | YES |
| #10 | Brenda's French Soul Food | 4.5 ★ | 6,385 | Southern | YES |
| #11 | Brenda's French Soul Food | 4.5 ★ | 6,385 | Southern | YES |
| #12 | Tartine Bakery | 4.5 ★ | 5,967 | Bakery | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, San Francisco Bay Area 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, San Francisco Bay Area metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from San Francisco Bay Area food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What is the 30/30/30 rule for restaurants?
What are the hottest restaurants in San Francisco right now?
Where to eat in Wilkes Barre, PA?
What are some must-try restaurants in the Bay Area?
What's the best pizza at Tony's?
Is Tony's Pizza Napoletana the same as Slice House?
Who is the owner of Tony's Pizza Napoletana?
What is Tony's Pizza Napoletana's ranking in San Francisco?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, San Francisco Bay Area metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.
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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.
San Francisco Bay Area, California · Food & Dining · 895 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026