THE SEARCH LEDGER · TACOMA, WASHINGTON · FOOD & DINING
Every month Tacoma types 267,480 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 JUL and lowest in FEB.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Tacoma — 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 235 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “tacoma pizza” at $2.08.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restaurants near me | 135,000 | $0.45 | 7 | transactional |
| 2 | coffee shops near me | 14,800 | $0.30 | 0 | transactional |
| 3 | breakfast near me | 14,800 | $0.34 | 23 | transactional |
| 4 | msm deli tacoma | 9,900 | $0.19 | branded | |
| 5 | pizza near me | 9,900 | $1.35 | 12 | transactional |
| 6 | bars near me | 9,900 | $0.45 | 0 | transactional |
| 7 | duke's seafood tacoma | 6,600 | $0.45 | 7 | commercial |
| 8 | over the moon cafe tacoma | 3,600 | $0.12 | 0 | commercial |
| 9 | tacoma top restaurants | 2,900 | $0.68 | commercial | |
| 10 | pacific southern restaurant tacoma | 2,900 | $1.71 | 0 | commercial |
| 11 | primo grill tacoma | 2,900 | $2.04 | branded | |
| 12 | top of tacoma bar | 2,900 | $1.55 | 0 | commercial |
| 13 | breakfast food tacoma | 2,400 | $0.24 | 5 | commercial |
| 14 | rosewood cafe tacoma | 2,400 | $1.17 | 0 | commercial |
| 15 | tacoma bar | 1,600 | $0.41 | 19 | commercial |
| 16 | tacoma brunch | 1,600 | $0.18 | 7 | commercial |
| 17 | antojo mexican grill tacoma | 1,600 | $0.10 | 0 | commercial |
| 18 | tacoma pizza | 1,300 | $2.08 | 8 | commercial |
| 19 | restaurant in tacoma wa | 1,300 | $0.76 | commercial | |
| 20 | mexican restaurant in tacoma | 1,300 | $0.16 | 12 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Tacoma 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, Tacoma 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 | Duke's Seafood Tacoma | 4.6 ★ | 6,087 | Seafood | YES |
| #2 | Duke's Seafood Tacoma | 4.6 ★ | 6,087 | Seafood | YES |
| #3 | Frisko Freeze | 4.3 ★ | 5,878 | Hamburger | YES |
| #4 | Frisko Freeze | 4.3 ★ | 5,878 | Hamburger | YES |
| #5 | Frisko Freeze | 4.3 ★ | 5,878 | Hamburger | YES |
| #6 | Wally's Chowder House | Legendary Fish & Chips | 4.6 ★ | 5,294 | Seafood | YES |
| #7 | The Old Spaghetti Factory | 4.3 ★ | 5,259 | Family-friendly | YES |
| #8 | The Old Spaghetti Factory | 4.3 ★ | 5,259 | Family-friendly | YES |
| #9 | Moctezuma's Mexican Restaurant & Tequila Bar | 4.3 ★ | 4,953 | Mexican | YES |
| #10 | Elmer's Restaurant | 4.4 ★ | 4,664 | Breakfast | YES |
| #11 | Elmer's Restaurant | 4.4 ★ | 4,664 | Breakfast | YES |
| #12 | Ram Restaurant & Brewery | 4.2 ★ | 4,648 | American | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Tacoma 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, Tacoma metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Tacoma food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What are some must-eat places in Tacoma, Washington?
What are some good cheap eats in Tacoma?
What are some hidden gem restaurants in Tacoma, WA?
What is the best place to have lunch in Tacoma?
What is the 2 hour rule for pizza?
What are Tacoma's top-rated pizza places?
Who has the best pizza deals out right now?
Where's the best place to get a pizza?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Tacoma 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.
Tacoma, Washington · Food & Dining · 235 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026