Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

Iceflower tracks 40 stores from 15 family restaurants & diners in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL. Mel's Diner grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Bob Evans and IHOP.

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
15
Tracked stores
40
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. Mel's Diner and Bob Evans sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Mel's Diner logo Mel's Diner - +11.7%
2 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans - +7.4%
3 I IHOP logo IHOP - -0.5%
4 D Denny's logo Denny's - -4.1%
5 P Perkins American Food Co. logo Perkins American Food Co. - -12.4%
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • Perkins American Food Co.
  • Waffle House
  • Mel's Diner
  • Bob Evans
  • IHOP
  • Denny's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

40 tracked store locations in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (2)
  • Perkins American Food Co. (8)
  • Waffle House (9)
  • Mel's Diner (3)
  • Bob Evans (4)
  • IHOP (3)
  • Denny's (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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