Trends · data through September 2026

Mexican Fast Food & Fast Casual in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Iceflower tracks 658 stores from 32 Mexican fast food & fast casual chains in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. Dillas Quesadillas grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Chipotle Mexican Grill and Torchy's Tacos.

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
32
Tracked stores
658
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Mexican fast food & fast 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. Dillas Quesadillas and Chipotle Mexican Grill sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Dillas Quesadillas - +8.1%
2 C Chipotle Mexican Grill logo Chipotle Mexican Grill ▲1 +7.8%
3 T Torchy's Tacos logo Torchy's Tacos - +7.8%
4 L La Salsa logo La Salsa ▲2 +7.5%
5 E El Pollo Loco logo El Pollo Loco - +5.7%
6 R Rosa's Cafe logo Rosa's Cafe - +3.9%
7 T Taco Casa logo Taco Casa - +3.8%
8 T Taco Bueno logo Taco Bueno - +0.4%
9 C Costa Vida logo Costa Vida ▲1 -0.8%
10 R Rusty Taco logo Rusty Taco ▼1 -6.1%
11 T Taco Bell logo Taco Bell ▼1 -6.7%
12 V Velvet Taco logo Velvet Taco ▲1 -6.8%
13 P Pollo Regio logo Pollo Regio - -7.3%
14 V Valerie's Taco Shop logo Valerie's Taco Shop - -7.8%
15 F Fuzzy's Taco Shop logo Fuzzy's Taco Shop - -8.2%
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • Taco Bell
  • Rosa's Cafe
  • Taco Casa
  • Torchy's Tacos
  • Taco Bueno
  • Fuzzy's Taco Shop
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

658 tracked store locations in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Chipotle Mexican Grill (132)
  • Taco Bell (118)
  • Rosa's Cafe (21)
  • Taco Casa (57)
  • Torchy's Tacos (26)
  • Taco Bueno (90)
  • Fuzzy's Taco Shop (48)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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