Trends · data through September 2026

Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias in Alabama

Iceflower tracks 702 stores from 563 Mexican restaurants & taquerias in Alabama. El Patron grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Los Arcos and Las Trojas Cantina.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
563
Tracked stores
702
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Mexican restaurants & taquerias

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. El Patron and Los Arcos sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 E El Patron - +17.3%
2 L Los Arcos - +5.9%
3 L Las Trojas Cantina ▲1 +0.5%
4 P Phil Sandoval's Mexican Restaurante ▲3 -3.9%
5 M Mi Ranchito ▲2 -5.5%
6 T Taqueria El Cazador ▲3 -7.7%
7 C Cactus Cantina - -8.7%
8 B Bubba Ritos ▲2 -13.3%
9 S San Marcos Mexican Restaurant ▲2 -16.5%
10 S San Marcos ▲1 -17.8%
11 C Cozumel Mexican Grill ▲1 -19.5%
12 C Casa Blanca - -19.9%
13 O Old Mexico ▲1 -22.6%
14 R Rodeo Mexican Restaurant ▼1 -25.4%
15 T Taco Fiesta ▲1 -26.1%
  • El Patron
  • Aztecas Restaurant & Cantina
  • Los Arcos
  • Habaneros Mexican Grill
  • Casa Fiesta
  • Hacienda San Miguel
  • Cactus Cantina
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

702 tracked store locations in Alabama. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • El Patron (7)
  • Aztecas Restaurant & Cantina (2)
  • Los Arcos (13)
  • Habaneros Mexican Grill (2)
  • Casa Fiesta (2)
  • Hacienda San Miguel (1)
  • Cactus Cantina (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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