Trends · data through September 2026

Casual Dining in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 2,361 stores from 1,799 casual dining chains in Illinois. Rosebud grew fastest over the last year, ahead of LongHorn Steakhouse and Gibson's Bar & Steakhouse.

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
1,799
Tracked stores
2,361
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked casual dining 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. Rosebud and LongHorn Steakhouse sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Rosebud ▲2 +12.6%
2 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse - +12.1%
3 G Gibson's Bar & Steakhouse logo Gibson's Bar & Steakhouse - +10.0%
4 G Gatto's Italian Restaurant ▲2 +8.7%
5 T The Patio ▲3 +8.4%
6 C Chicago Waffles logo Chicago Waffles ▲1 +8.0%
7 T Texas Roadhouse logo Texas Roadhouse ▲1 +7.7%
8 A Applebee's Grill + Bar logo Applebee's Grill + Bar ▲2 +4.8%
9 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar - +4.7%
10 L Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar logo Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar ▲1 +4.1%
11 O Olive Garden logo Olive Garden ▼1 +0.9%
12 P Portillo's logo Portillo's - +0.3%
13 T The Southern Cafe ▲1 +0.1%
14 E Ella's Italian Pub ▲3 -0.4%
15 S Sammie's logo Sammie's ▼1 -1.2%
  • Portillo's
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • Texas Roadhouse
  • Olive Garden
  • LongHorn Steakhouse
  • IKEA Restaurant
  • Applebee's Grill + Bar
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,361 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Portillo's (51)
  • Chili's Grill & Bar (54)
  • Texas Roadhouse (20)
  • Olive Garden (32)
  • LongHorn Steakhouse (15)
  • IKEA Restaurant (1)
  • Applebee's Grill + Bar (38)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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