Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Michigan

Iceflower tracks 512 stores from 234 family restaurants & diners in Michigan. Kerby's Koney Island grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Village Inn and Log Cabin.

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
234
Tracked stores
512
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked family restaurants & diners

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. Kerby's Koney Island and Village Inn sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Kerby's Koney Island - +17.2%
2 V Village Inn logo Village Inn ▲2 +14.0%
3 L Log Cabin ▲1 +10.1%
4 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans - +6.7%
5 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - +3.6%
6 I IHOP logo IHOP - +0.9%
7 M Motor City Soul Food - -0.6%
8 R Ram's Horn logo Ram's Horn ▼2 -2.9%
9 T The Country Inn - -3.1%
10 L Leo's Coney Island logo Leo's Coney Island - -3.6%
11 R Russ' Restaurant logo Russ' Restaurant ▲1 -4.8%
12 B Big Boy logo Big Boy - -12.2%
13 D Denny's logo Denny's ▼1 -17.1%
14 C Coney Island - -20.1%
15 R Red Olive Family Restaurants ▼1 -29.7%
  • Leo's Coney Island
  • Bob Evans
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • IHOP
  • Big Boy
  • Russ' Restaurant
  • Denny's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

512 tracked store locations in Michigan. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Leo's Coney Island (66)
  • Bob Evans (47)
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (16)
  • IHOP (27)
  • Big Boy (46)
  • Russ' Restaurant (8)
  • Denny's (14)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 L Leo's Coney Island logo Leo's Coney Island 66
  • 2 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans 47
  • 3 B Big Boy logo Big Boy 46
  • 4 I IHOP logo IHOP 27
  • 5 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 16
  • 6 D Denny's logo Denny's 14
  • 7 K Kerby's Koney Island 13
  • 8 V Village Inn logo Village Inn 13
  • 9 R Ram's Horn logo Ram's Horn 12
  • 10 R Russ' Restaurant logo Russ' Restaurant 8
  • 11 R Red Olive Family Restaurants 7
  • 12 T The Country Inn 5
  • 13 M Motor City Soul Food 3
  • 14 T Ted's Coney Island 3
  • 15 L Log Cabin 3
  • 16 C Coney Island 3
  • 17 T The Village Place 2
  • 18 A Around the Corner 2
  • 19 W West Side Diner 2
  • 20 F Family Kitchen 2
  • 21 T The Pantry Restaurant 2
  • 22 F Fleetwood Diner 2
  • 23 M Motown Cafe & Grill 2
  • 24 S Six Star Family Restaurant 2
  • 25 V Virginia Coney Island 1
  • 26 B Betty Ross 1
  • 27 S Sheri's Family Diner & Pizzeria 1
  • 28 A Amy’s Fabulous Diner 1
  • 29 A Albert's Coney Grill 1
  • 30 T The Nest Diner 1
  • 31 B Busy Bee Cafe 1
  • 32 B Benny's Home Cooking 1
  • 33 M Middleton Diner 1
  • 34 B Big Sky Diner 1
  • 35 5 5 Star Restaurant 1
  • 36 D Detroit Soul 1
  • 37 S Stockbridge Diner 1
  • 38 C Cadillac Square Diner 1
  • 39 N Nana's Diner 1
  • 40 V Vicki's Family Diner 1
  • 41 A Angelo's Avenue Grille 1
  • 42 V Vinney's Stock Pot 1
  • 43 R Ryan Grill and Coney Island 1
  • 44 B Bomb Burgers & Breakfast 1
  • 45 W Woodland Diner 1
  • 46 L Lefty's Diner 1
  • 47 S Sunshine Diner 1
  • 48 T Taylor's Kitchen 1
  • 49 G George's Restaurant 1
  • 50 S Sparta Family Dining 1

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