# Food & Dining search demand in Washington DMV 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](https://seobandwagon.com/about) · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · [HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/washington-dmv/food-dining#colophon) 1,023 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Washington DMV metro, Sep 8, 2026 1,652,140 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Washington DMV metro, Sep 8, 2026 $863K MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $1.07 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Washington DMV metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Washington DMV 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 JAN. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 63, February 69, March 98, April 98, May 94, June 92, July 100, August 96, September 83, October 88, November 74, December 71. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) 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. ## What Washington DMV pays per click for food & dining The 20 highest-volume of 1,023 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest 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 | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Washington DMV 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 Washington DMV 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 673,000/mo · $0.46 CPC · difficulty 7 MAP PACK - 1 Grazie Nonna 4.2★ 1,100 - 2 Stan's DC Restaurant 4.6★ 3,700 - 3 Agora Dc Mediterranean Restaurant 4.7★ 4,500 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 dc.eater.com - 2 yelp.com - 3 ubereats.com LOCAL - 4 opentable.com - 5 thehotelwashington.com pizza near me 49,500/mo · $0.98 CPC · difficulty 12 MAP PACK - 1 Duccini's Pizza 4.3★ 1,100 - 2 Pizza Corner (Halal) 4.5★ 369 - 3 DC Pizza & Wings 4.7★ 1,100 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 eatandyspizza.com LOCAL - 2 tripadvisor.com - 3 locations.pizzahut.com - 4 yelp.com - 5 wiseguypizza.com LOCAL Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), 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 food & dining businesses competing in Washington DMV 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 | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Washington DMV 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 Washington DMV 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. ebbets grill 90,500/mo compass coffee washington dc 40,500/mo old ebbitt grill 15th street northwest washington dc 8,100/mo ebbitt grill menu 2,900/mo capital grille washington dc 2,400/mo brewers v nationals 1,900/mo call your mother deli 1,300/mo ebbitts grill washington dc 1,300/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Washington DMV metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Washington DMV asks about food & dining 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? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Washington DMV 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 Washington DMV search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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Washington DMV, District of Columbia · Food & Dining · 1,023 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 1,023 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/washington-dmv/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