THE SEARCH LEDGER · ST. GEORGE, UTAH · FOOD & DINING
Every month St. George types 100,560 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 MAR and lowest in DEC.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Food & Dining category in St. George — 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 113 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “pizza st george” at $2.21.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restaurants near me | 49,500 | $0.59 | 7 | transactional |
| 2 | st george restaurants | 6,600 | $0.65 | 17 | commercial |
| 3 | breakfast near me | 4,400 | $0.63 | 23 | transactional |
| 4 | pizza near me | 4,400 | $1.20 | 12 | transactional |
| 5 | food in st george | 3,600 | $1.05 | 13 | commercial |
| 6 | black bear diner st george ut | 2,900 | $0.48 | 28 | commercial |
| 7 | coffee shops near me | 2,900 | $0.64 | 0 | transactional |
| 8 | food places in st george | 2,400 | $0.69 | 13 | commercial |
| 9 | best restaurant in st george | 1,900 | $0.60 | 11 | commercial |
| 10 | morty's cafe st george | 1,900 | $0.17 | 0 | commercial |
| 11 | riggatti's wood fired pizza st george | 1,600 | $0.07 | 0 | commercial |
| 12 | bars near me | 1,600 | $0.46 | 0 | transactional |
| 13 | breakfast st george | 1,300 | $0.56 | 3 | commercial |
| 14 | longhorn steakhouse st george | 1,000 | $0.35 | 0 | commercial |
| 15 | pizza st george | 880 | $2.21 | 6 | commercial |
| 16 | restaurants in st george utah | 880 | $0.55 | 15 | commercial |
| 17 | italian restaurant in st george | 880 | $0.70 | 0 | commercial |
| 18 | mexican restaurant in st george | 880 | $0.29 | 3 | commercial |
| 19 | pizza factory in st george | 720 | $0.21 | 8 | commercial |
| 20 | chinese food st george | 480 | $1.35 | 0 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, St. George 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, St. George 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 | In-N-Out Burger | 4.6 ★ | 8,857 | Hamburger | YES |
| #2 | River Rock Roasting Company | 4.8 ★ | 6,719 | Pizza | YES |
| #3 | River Rock Roasting Company | 4.8 ★ | 6,719 | Coffee shop | YES |
| #4 | River Rock Roasting Company | 4.8 ★ | 6,719 | Restaurant | YES |
| #5 | Black Bear Diner St. George | 4.4 ★ | 6,484 | Breakfast | YES |
| #6 | Black Bear Diner St. George | 4.4 ★ | 6,484 | Breakfast | YES |
| #7 | Black Bear Diner St. George | 4.4 ★ | 6,484 | Breakfast | YES |
| #8 | Black Bear Diner St. George | 4.4 ★ | 6,484 | Breakfast | YES |
| #9 | Black Bear Diner St. George | 4.4 ★ | 6,484 | Breakfast | YES |
| #10 | Black Bear Diner St. George | 4.4 ★ | 6,484 | Breakfast | YES |
| #11 | Viva Chicken | 4.7 ★ | 5,909 | Chicken | YES |
| #12 | Viva Chicken | 4.7 ★ | 5,909 | Chicken | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, St. George 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, St. George metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from St. George food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What are some must-eat restaurants in St. George, Utah?
Where to eat in Draper, UT?
What are some hidden gem restaurants in St. George?
What are the best new restaurants in St. George, Utah?
What is the 2 hour rule for pizza?
Who has the best pizza in St. George, Utah?
Who has the best pizza deals out right now?
Who has the two pizzas for $4.99 each?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, St. George 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.
St. George, Utah · Food & Dining · 113 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026