Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Arkansas

Iceflower tracks 162 stores from 63 family restaurants & diners in Arkansas. Village Inn grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Purple Cow Restaurant and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.

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
63
Tracked stores
162
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked family restaurants & diners

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. Village Inn and The Purple Cow Restaurant sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 V Village Inn logo Village Inn - +0.3%
2 T The Purple Cow Restaurant - -1.6%
3 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - -3.2%
4 I IHOP logo IHOP - -6.2%
5 H Huddle House logo Huddle House - -16.1%
6 D Denny's logo Denny's - -22.2%
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • Waffle House
  • IHOP
  • The Purple Cow Restaurant
  • Black Bear Diner
  • Denny's
  • Huddle House
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

162 tracked store locations in Arkansas. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (12)
  • Waffle House (49)
  • IHOP (17)
  • The Purple Cow Restaurant (3)
  • Black Bear Diner (2)
  • Denny's (9)
  • Huddle House (8)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 W Waffle House logo Waffle House 49
  • 2 I IHOP logo IHOP 17
  • 3 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 12
  • 4 D Denny's logo Denny's 9
  • 5 H Huddle House logo Huddle House 8
  • 6 T The Purple Cow Restaurant 3
  • 7 V Village Inn logo Village Inn 3
  • 8 B Black Bear Diner logo Black Bear Diner 2
  • 9 M Mel's Diner logo Mel's Diner 2
  • 10 G Granny's Kitchen 2
  • 11 K Kountry Kitchen 2
  • 12 E Emily's Diner 2
  • 13 G Golden Lady Restaurant 1
  • 14 J Junction Cafe 1
  • 15 A A Taste of Louisiana 1
  • 16 D Dairy Dip Diner 1
  • 17 O On Break Cafe 1
  • 18 J Jimmy's Diner 1
  • 19 M McCarther's Kitchen 1
  • 20 M Molly's Diner 1
  • 21 G Granny's Grill and Family Diner 1
  • 22 C Chuck Wagon Restaurant 1
  • 23 M Mulberry Dairy Dip Diner 1
  • 24 D DJ's Diner 1
  • 25 M Mama Vee's Southern Homestyle Cuisine 1
  • 26 M Mother Kelley's Home Cooking 1
  • 27 T Table 28 1
  • 28 M Mackey's Catfish 1
  • 29 D Dairy Diner 1
  • 30 S Swingle's Family Diner 1
  • 31 M Marlar's Cafeteria 1
  • 32 L Little Brother 1
  • 33 K Ko-Fields 1
  • 34 H Hiwasse Diner 1
  • 35 C CRSmalls And Company 1
  • 36 C Country Kitchen logo Country Kitchen 1
  • 37 F Feastros 1
  • 38 W Workman's Travel Center 1
  • 39 C Cheryl's Diner 1
  • 40 P Pit Stop Diner 1
  • 41 M Martha Jean's Diner 1
  • 42 O Ozark Bowling Lanes 1
  • 43 B Bulldog Restaurant 1
  • 44 G George's Restaurant 1
  • 45 B BTB Bar & Grill 1
  • 46 B Boomarang Diner 1
  • 47 L Lucy's Diner 1
  • 48 B Brewster's 2 Café 1
  • 49 S Southern Food Company 1
  • 50 P Phil's Family Restaurant 1

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