THE SEARCH LEDGER · TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA · FOOD & DINING
Every month Tampa-St. Petersburg types 3,136,820 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 SEP.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Tampa-St. Petersburg — 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 306 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “columbian restaurant ybor” at $5.54.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restaurants near me | 1,830,000 | $0.51 | 9 | transactional |
| 2 | breakfast near me | 246,000 | $0.70 | 23 | transactional |
| 3 | pizza near me | 246,000 | $1.29 | 0 | transactional |
| 4 | coffee shops near me | 135,000 | $0.51 | 0 | transactional |
| 5 | bars near me | 110,000 | $0.34 | 0 | transactional |
| 6 | tampa restaurants | 49,500 | $1.05 | 32 | commercial |
| 7 | wright's deli tampa | 27,100 | $2.54 | branded | |
| 8 | best restaurants tampa | 18,100 | $1.00 | 6 | commercial |
| 9 | american social bar & kitchen tampa | 14,800 | $0.74 | commercial | |
| 10 | china buffet tampa | 14,800 | $0.41 | 0 | commercial |
| 11 | la teresita restaurant tampa | 14,800 | $0.75 | 1 | commercial |
| 12 | tampa brunch | 12,100 | $1.00 | 13 | commercial |
| 13 | columbia restaurant tampa | 12,100 | $1.78 | 22 | commercial |
| 14 | kona grill tampa fl | 12,100 | $0.33 | branded | |
| 15 | bern steakhouse tampa | 12,100 | $4.48 | commercial | |
| 16 | downtown tampa restaurants | 9,900 | $1.19 | 4 | commercial |
| 17 | ybor restaurants | 8,100 | $0.32 | 11 | commercial |
| 18 | bahama breeze restaurant tampa | 8,100 | $0.27 | 17 | commercial |
| 19 | breakfast in tampa fl | 6,600 | $0.58 | 6 | commercial |
| 20 | columbian restaurant ybor | 6,600 | $5.54 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Tampa-St. Petersburg metro, Aug 30, 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, Tampa-St. Petersburg metro, Aug 30, 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 | Columbia Restaurant | 4.6 ★ | 22,219 | Spanish | YES |
| #2 | Ulele | 4.6 ★ | 11,720 | American | YES |
| #3 | Eddie And Sam's N.Y Pizza | 4.6 ★ | 8,023 | Pizza | YES |
| #4 | Eddie And Sam's N.Y Pizza | 4.6 ★ | 8,023 | Pizza | YES |
| #5 | Jackson's Bistro, Bar & Sushi of Tampa | 4.3 ★ | 6,939 | American | YES |
| #6 | Oxford Exchange | 4.6 ★ | 6,935 | American | YES |
| #7 | American Social - Bar & Kitchen | 4.3 ★ | 5,461 | American | YES |
| #8 | Hattricks | 4.4 ★ | 4,784 | Grill | YES |
| #9 | WingHouse Bar & Grill - Tampa Stadium | 4.2 ★ | 4,035 | Pizza | YES |
| #10 | Due Amici Pizza & Pasta Bar | 4.7 ★ | 3,809 | Italian | YES |
| #11 | Columbia Cafe at the Tampa Bay History Center | 4.4 ★ | 3,631 | Spanish | YES |
| #12 | Yeoman's Topgolf Swing Suite | 4.5 ★ | 3,619 | British | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Tampa-St. Petersburg metro, Aug 30, 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, Tampa-St. Petersburg metro, Aug 30, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Tampa-St. Petersburg food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What is the 30/30/30 rule for restaurants?
What are some must-eat places in Tampa?
Where to eat in Quincy, FL?
What food is Tampa known for?
What is the 2 hour rule for pizza?
Where is the best pizza in Tampa?
Who has the best pizza deals out right now?
Who has the best pizza in New Port Richey?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Tampa-St. Petersburg metro, Aug 30, 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 Aug 30, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida · Food & Dining · 306 keywords · collected Aug 30, 2026
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