Trends · data through September 2026

Food & Drink trends in Ithaca, NY

Iceflower tracks 260 stores from 238 food & drink chains in Ithaca, NY. Collegetown Bagels grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Dunkin' and Subway.

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
238
Tracked stores
260
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked food & drink 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. Collegetown Bagels and Dunkin' sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Collegetown Bagels ▲1 +6.7%
2 Dunkin' - +3.6%
3 Subway - -8.7%
4 McDonald's ▼1 -8.8%

Store footprint

Store map

260 tracked store locations in Ithaca, NY, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 22 of the 260 stores (8%); 228 of the 238 tracked chains have a single store here. 13% of the tracked food & drink stores here are cafes & bakery-cafes, against 7% across New York.

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Dunkin' 8
  • 2 Subway 6
  • 3 Collegetown Bagels 3
  • 4 McDonald's 3
  • 5 Ithaca Coffee Company 2
  • 6 D.P. Dough 2
  • 7 Luna Inspired Street Food 2
  • 8 Ned's Pizza 2
  • 9 Ithaca Bakery 2
  • 10 Taco Bell 2
  • 11 Fresh Marché Ithaca 1
  • 12 Mama Said Cafe 1
  • 13 Bank Coffee 1
  • 14 23 North Restaurant and Bar 1
  • 15 Uncle Joe's Grill and Sports Bar 1
  • 16 Xi'an Street Food 1
  • 17 Lansing Pizzaria 1
  • 18 Salt Point Brewing Co. 1
  • 19 On The Street Pitas 1
  • 20 Dryden Hotel 1
  • 21 Ithaca Ale House 1
  • 22 Mitsuba 1
  • 23 Martha's Cafe 1
  • 24 Sal's Pizzeria 1
  • 25 U Tea 1
  • 26 Ling Ling 1
  • 27 Garrett's Brewing Company 1
  • 28 K-HOUSE Karaoke Lounge & Suites 1
  • 29 Jimmy John's 1
  • 30 Maru Ramen 1
  • 31 Ling Ling Garden 1
  • 32 Italian Carry Out 1
  • 33 Goldies 1
  • 34 Alley Cat Cafe 1
  • 35 Longshots Sports Bar & Grill 1
  • 36 Tavern on the Commons 1
  • 37 Manndible Cafe 1
  • 38 Souvlaki House 1
  • 39 Bet the Farm Winery 1
  • 40 Carrozza Pizza Company 1
  • 41 Level B 1
  • 42 Thai Basil 1
  • 43 The Strand Cafe 1
  • 44 Bus Stop Bagels 1
  • 45 Komonz Grill 1
  • 46 Morrison Dining 1
  • 47 Jade Garden 1
  • 48 Smoothie King 1
  • 49 Corner Brew 1
  • 50 Cayuga Lake Creamery 1

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