Trends · data through September 2026

Upscale Casual in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 72 stores from 23 upscale casual chains in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The Cheesecake Factory grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Bonefish Grill and Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant.

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
23
Tracked stores
72
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked upscale casual 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. The Cheesecake Factory and Bonefish Grill sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Cheesecake Factory logo The Cheesecake Factory - +6.9%
2 B Bonefish Grill logo Bonefish Grill - +2.1%
3 C Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant logo Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant - -3.9%
4 T The Hampton Social logo The Hampton Social - -5.8%
5 P P.F. Chang's logo P.F. Chang's - -8.3%
6 M Maggiano's Little Italy logo Maggiano's Little Italy - -13.0%
  • Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant
  • The Cheesecake Factory
  • Yard House
  • Maggiano's Little Italy
  • The Hampton Social
  • Seasons 52
  • P.F. Chang's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

72 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant (20)
  • The Cheesecake Factory (10)
  • Yard House (3)
  • Maggiano's Little Italy (6)
  • The Hampton Social (4)
  • Seasons 52 (2)
  • P.F. Chang's (6)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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