Trends · data through June 2026

Caves in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 230 stores from 197 caves chains in Illinois. Corner Bakery grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Honey Jam Cafe and Espresso Royale.

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
197
Tracked stores
230
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked caves 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. Corner Bakery and Honey Jam Cafe sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Corner Bakery logo Corner Bakery -1.0%
2 H Honey Jam Cafe -1.9%
3 E Espresso Royale logo Espresso Royale -26.2%
  • Corner Bakery
  • Honey Jam Cafe
  • Goddess and the Baker
  • La Catedral Cafe
  • South Loop Cafe
  • Espresso Royale
  • Stax Cafe
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

230 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Corner Bakery (18)
  • Honey Jam Cafe (3)
  • Goddess and the Baker (1)
  • La Catedral Cafe (1)
  • South Loop Cafe (2)
  • Espresso Royale (3)
  • Stax Cafe (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Corner Bakery logo Corner Bakery 18
  • 2 H Honey Jam Cafe 3
  • 3 E Espresso Royale logo Espresso Royale 3
  • 4 T The Bakehouse 2
  • 5 C Crepe Cafe 2
  • 6 L Lea French Cafe 2
  • 7 M Momentum Coffee 2
  • 8 R Rustic Knead 2
  • 9 H Honey Bee Cafe 2
  • 10 P Playroom Cafe 2
  • 11 T The Goddess and Grocer logo The Goddess and Grocer 2
  • 12 N Newport Coffee House 2
  • 13 B Bonnie Cafe 2
  • 14 S South Loop Cafe 2
  • 15 J Jack's Cafe 2
  • 16 J Juice Time 1
  • 17 E El Mirador En El Rio 1
  • 18 B Boba Bee 1
  • 19 C Carlos River Cafe 1
  • 20 A Amber Agave 1
  • 21 M Mano Modern Cafe logo Mano Modern Cafe 1
  • 22 U U3 Coffee 1
  • 23 M MeLatte Coffee Shop 1
  • 24 J Junebug Cafe 1
  • 25 L Los Angeles Cafe 1
  • 26 B Buzz Cafe 1
  • 27 W Wise Cup 1
  • 28 O OMI Cafe 1
  • 29 G GraviTea 1
  • 30 L Lemont Street Cafe 1
  • 31 L La Delicia Michoacana 1
  • 32 P Pisces Cafe Boba & Tea 1
  • 33 T Teaspoon Cafe 1
  • 34 C Cal's Corner 1
  • 35 C Community Cafe 1
  • 36 T The Blossom Cafe 1
  • 37 O Original Greenbay Cafe 1
  • 38 T Tony's Cafe 1
  • 39 P Printer's Row Coffee 1
  • 40 A Atrevete Cafe 1888 1
  • 41 H Hashbrowns 1
  • 42 O Oasis Cafe 1
  • 43 H Harbaugh's Cafe 1
  • 44 S Sweet Katie Bee's 1
  • 45 T Two Shades Cafe 1
  • 46 H Hanabusa Cafe 1
  • 47 S Sip of Hope logo Sip of Hope 1
  • 48 E Evanston Pour 1
  • 49 M Maison Marcel 1
  • 50 C Caribella 1

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