Trends · data through September 2026

Casual Dining in Birmingham, AL

Iceflower tracks 181 stores from 133 casual dining chains in Birmingham, AL. Outback Steakhouse grew fastest over the last year, ahead of LongHorn Steakhouse and Olive Garden.

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
133
Tracked stores
181
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked casual dining chains

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. Outback Steakhouse and LongHorn Steakhouse sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 O Outback Steakhouse logo Outback Steakhouse - +16.5%
2 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse - +2.9%
3 O Olive Garden logo Olive Garden - +0.5%
4 A Applebee's Grill + Bar logo Applebee's Grill + Bar - -0.6%
5 S Sneaky Pete's logo Sneaky Pete's - -3.6%
6 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar ▲1 -5.8%
7 T The Purple Onion ▲1 -18.2%
8 L Logan's Roadhouse logo Logan's Roadhouse ▼2 -66.1%
  • LongHorn Steakhouse
  • Olive Garden
  • Outback Steakhouse
  • Applebee's Grill + Bar
  • Big Whiskey's American Restaurant & Bar
  • Texas Roadhouse
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

181 tracked store locations in Birmingham, AL. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • LongHorn Steakhouse (4)
  • Olive Garden (4)
  • Outback Steakhouse (6)
  • Applebee's Grill + Bar (10)
  • Big Whiskey's American Restaurant & Bar (1)
  • Texas Roadhouse (1)
  • Chili's Grill & Bar (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Sneaky Pete's logo Sneaky Pete's 12
  • 2 A Applebee's Grill + Bar logo Applebee's Grill + Bar 10
  • 3 L Logan's Roadhouse logo Logan's Roadhouse 6
  • 4 O Outback Steakhouse logo Outback Steakhouse 6
  • 5 T The Purple Onion 5
  • 6 O Olive Garden logo Olive Garden 4
  • 7 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse 4
  • 8 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar 3
  • 9 U Urban Cookhouse logo Urban Cookhouse 2
  • 10 S Saltgrass Steak House logo Saltgrass Steak House 2
  • 11 G Gordos 2
  • 12 R Red Lobster logo Red Lobster 2
  • 13 B Best Wings and Deli 2
  • 14 T The Grove 2
  • 15 J Jasmine's Cafe 1
  • 16 S Street Tacos Italian Bistro 1
  • 17 R Ruscelli's at Mojo 1
  • 18 N New York Pizza&Pasta 1
  • 19 N Nawlins Style Po’Boys 1
  • 20 S Smokey Hollow Restaurant 1
  • 21 M Mava's Kitchen 1
  • 22 T The Point Grill & Bar 1
  • 23 K King's Wings 1
  • 24 S Sarris Restaurant 1
  • 25 P Plush Bar and Grill 1
  • 26 S Steak-Out logo Steak-Out 1
  • 27 Z Zydeco 1
  • 28 C Costa's Mediterranean 1
  • 29 C Chubbfathers logo Chubbfathers 1
  • 30 P Papa Sal's Italian Restaurant 1
  • 31 B Bertolone's Classic Italian Restaurant 1
  • 32 T The Place 1
  • 33 R Refined To Go 1
  • 34 C Cedar House Cafeteria 1
  • 35 T Travis Chicago Style 1
  • 36 S Spice of Life Jamaica Restaurant 1
  • 37 M Michael's Restaurant 1
  • 38 F Fuego Steakhouse & Grill 1
  • 39 O Olipita Mediterranean & American Grill 1
  • 40 S Southern Stone 1
  • 41 B Bongiorno 1
  • 42 V Village Tavern logo Village Tavern 1
  • 43 G Galley & Garden 1
  • 44 T The Steakhouse of Helena 1
  • 45 R Red Robin Gourmet Burgers logo Red Robin Gourmet Burgers 1
  • 46 O One Taste 1
  • 47 L Luke's Hotdogs & Burgers 1
  • 48 L Little Lu's Cafe 1
  • 49 I I Heart Mac & Cheese 1
  • 50 F Four Seasons Sports Bar & Grill 1

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