# Food & Dining search demand in Tacoma 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. BY [SEO BANDWAGON](https://seobandwagon.com/about) · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · [HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/tacoma/food-dining#colophon) 235 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Tacoma metro, Sep 8, 2026 267,480 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Tacoma metro, Sep 8, 2026 $155K MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $0.99 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Tacoma metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Tacoma searches for food & dining Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in JUL and lowest in FEB. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 79, February 77, March 81, April 78, May 93, June 89, July 100, August 97, September 80, October 81, November 78, December 77. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) 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. ## What Tacoma pays per click for food & dining 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 | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Tacoma 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; blank where it has not been scored. ## Who owns the Tacoma 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 135,000/mo · $0.45 CPC · difficulty 7 MAP PACK - 1 Wooden City Tacoma 4.7★ 1,300 - 2 Matador Tacoma 4.4★ 4,400 - 3 Chez Lafayette Creole Brasserie 4.5★ 549 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 tripadvisor.com - 2 yelp.com - 3 reddit.com - 4 seattle.eater.com - 5 cookstavern.com LOCAL pizza near me 9,900/mo · $1.35 CPC · difficulty 12 MAP PACK - 1 Puget Sound Pizza 4.3★ 1,300 - 2 Abella Pizzeria 4.5★ 710 - 3 Galileo’s Pizzeria 5★ 363 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 farrellispizza.com LOCAL - 2 tacomapie.com LOCAL - 3 yelp.com - 4 locations.pizzahut.com LOCAL - 5 tripadvisor.com Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), 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 food & dining businesses competing in Tacoma 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 | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Tacoma 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 Tacoma 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. msm deli tacoma 9,900/mo primo grill tacoma 2,900/mo barbecue tacoma 480/mo pacific grill tacoma 50/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Tacoma metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Tacoma asks about food & dining 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? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Tacoma metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here. ## Rank for these searches Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today. [SCAN YOUR SITE FREE](https://seobandwagon.com/#scan) [Restaurant SEO](https://seobandwagon.com/restaurant-seo) ## More Tacoma search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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Tacoma, Washington · Food & Dining · 235 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 235 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). --- Canonical page: https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/tacoma/food-dining Every metro: https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo#cities Data reuse license: https://seobandwagon.com/data-license Site overview for agents: https://seobandwagon.com/llms.txt · API docs: https://seobandwagon.com/docs/api