Trends · data through September 2026

Upscale Casual in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Iceflower tracks 44 stores from 18 upscale casual chains in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. The Cheesecake Factory grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Local Table and Yard House.

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
18
Tracked stores
44
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 Local Table sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Cheesecake Factory logo The Cheesecake Factory - +16.7%
2 L Local Table - +11.4%
3 Y Yard House logo Yard House - +10.0%
4 N North Italia logo North Italia - +6.6%
5 W Whiskey Cake Kitchen & Bar - -5.1%
6 P P.F. Chang's logo P.F. Chang's ▲1 -6.0%
7 M Maggiano's Little Italy logo Maggiano's Little Italy ▼1 -13.6%
  • The Cheesecake Factory
  • Yard House
  • Whiskey Cake Kitchen & Bar
  • P.F. Chang's
  • Maggiano's Little Italy
  • JOEY Restaurants
  • Local Table
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

44 tracked store locations in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • The Cheesecake Factory (7)
  • Yard House (4)
  • Whiskey Cake Kitchen & Bar (4)
  • P.F. Chang's (6)
  • Maggiano's Little Italy (3)
  • JOEY Restaurants (1)
  • Local Table (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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