# Food & Dining search demand in St. George

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.

BY [SEO BANDWAGON](https://seobandwagon.com/about) · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · [HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/st-george/food-dining#colophon)

113

KEYWORDS TRACKED

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), St. George metro, Sep 8, 2026

100,560

SEARCHES / MONTH

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), St. George metro, Sep 8, 2026

$68K

MONTHLY AD VALUE

Source: volume × CPC, computed

$1.05

AVERAGE CPC

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), St. George metro, Sep 8, 2026

## When St. George searches for food & dining

Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in MAR and lowest in DEC.

Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 81, February 92, March 100, April 97, May 96, June 78, July 84, August 84, September 83, October 99, November 87, December 77.

Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) 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.

## What St. George pays per click for food & dining

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 |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), St. George 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.

## Who owns the St. George 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

49,500/mo · $0.59 CPC · difficulty 7

MAP PACK

-   1 The Meltdown 2.2★ 25
-   2 Back Porch 4.9★ 744
-   3 Alfredo's A | Mexican Food 4★ 313

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 tripadvisor.com
-   2 yelp.com
-   3 opentable.com
-   4 georgescornerrestaurant.com LOCAL
-   5 femalefoodie.com

pizza near me

4,400/mo · $1.20 CPC · difficulty 12

MAP PACK

-   1 Domino's Pizza 4.1★ 422
-   2 St. George River Road Canyon Pizza Co. 4.9★ 173
-   3 The Pizza Factory 4.5★ 1,300

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 locations.papajohns.com LOCAL
-   2 yelp.com
-   3 locations.pizzahut.com LOCAL
-   4 tripadvisor.com
-   5 facebook.com LOCAL

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), 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 food & dining businesses competing in St. George

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 |

Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), St. George 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 St. George 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.

bishop's grill st george utah 320/mo

honolulu grill in st george utah 320/mo

nola coffee 10/mo

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), St. George metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.

## What St. George asks about food & dining

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?

Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), St. George metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.

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## More St. George search data

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

Collected and published by [SEO Bandwagon](https://seobandwagon.com/about), tracking [local search](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-search) since 2010. These 113 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).

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