THE SEARCH LEDGER · WASHINGTON DMV, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA · FOOD & DINING
Every month Washington DMV types 1,652,140 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 · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE
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Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in JUL and lowest in JAN.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Washington DMV — 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 1,023 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The most expensive click here is “bully bar dc” at $1.05.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | restaurants near me | 673,000 | $0.46 | 7 | transactional |
| 2 | bars near me | 110,000 | $0.30 | 0 | transactional |
| 3 | ebbets grill | 90,500 | $0.17 | branded | |
| 4 | breakfast near me | 74,000 | $0.38 | 23 | transactional |
| 5 | coffee shops near me | 60,500 | $0.46 | 0 | transactional |
| 6 | farmer dc restaurant | 49,500 | $0.43 | commercial | |
| 7 | zaytinya restaurant washington dc | 49,500 | $0.34 | 18 | commercial |
| 8 | pizza near me | 49,500 | $0.98 | 12 | transactional |
| 9 | compass coffee washington dc | 40,500 | $0.38 | branded | |
| 10 | big bear cafe washington dc | 14,800 | $0.06 | 7 | commercial |
| 11 | best dining in dc | 12,100 | $0.82 | 4 | commercial |
| 12 | restaurants in georgetown dc | 9,900 | $0.69 | 19 | commercial |
| 13 | cafe milano georgetown | 9,900 | $0.28 | 29 | commercial |
| 14 | jack rose bar washington dc | 9,900 | $0.44 | commercial | |
| 15 | old ebbitt grill 15th street northwest washington dc | 8,100 | $0.32 | branded | |
| 16 | peacock cafe washington dc | 8,100 | $0.26 | 5 | commercial |
| 17 | sushi taro dupont circle | 8,100 | $0.29 | commercial | |
| 18 | ultra bar washington dc | 8,100 | $0.09 | 0 | commercial |
| 19 | west wing cafe washington dc | 8,100 | $0.21 | 0 | commercial |
| 20 | bully bar dc | 6,600 | $1.05 | 3 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Washington DMV 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, Washington DMV 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 | Pisco y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar | 4.9 ★ | 27,482 | Peruvian | YES |
| #2 | Pisco y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar | 4.9 ★ | 27,482 | Peruvian | YES |
| #3 | Founding Farmers DC | 4.5 ★ | 23,580 | American | YES |
| #4 | Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.9 ★ | 20,773 | Brazilian | YES |
| #5 | Old Ebbitt Grill | 4.6 ★ | 20,576 | American | YES |
| #6 | Kitchen + Kocktails By Kevin Kelley - DC | 4.8 ★ | 15,971 | Soul | YES |
| #7 | Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.8 ★ | 14,823 | Brazilian | YES |
| #8 | Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.8 ★ | 13,287 | Brazilian | YES |
| #9 | Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse | 4.8 ★ | 11,210 | Brazilian | YES |
| #10 | Municipal Fish Market at The Wharf | 4.5 ★ | 9,764 | Seafood | YES |
| #11 | Unconventional Diner | 4.7 ★ | 9,414 | Restaurant | YES |
| #12 | Unconventional Diner | 4.7 ★ | 9,414 | Restaurant | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Washington DMV 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, Washington DMV metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Washington DMV food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What are some must-eat foods in Washington DC?
Where to eat in Clarksville, MD?
Where to eat in Rockville, MD?
What are the hottest restaurants in Washington D.C. right now?
What is the 2 hour rule for pizza?
Who has the best pizza in Mechanicsville, VA?
Who has the best pizza deals out right now?
Where can I find the best pizza in Georgetown, Washington DC?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Washington DMV metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.
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Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.
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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.
Washington DMV, District of Columbia · Food & Dining · 1,023 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026
Collected and published by SEO Bandwagon, tracking local search since 2010. These 1,023 food & dining keywords come from the same weekly sweep as Google Business Profile Benchmarks, whose method and verification are published in full. If a number here is wrong, tell us.