Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

Iceflower tracks 149 stores from 56 family restaurants & diners in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Shoney's and Waffle 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
56
Tracked stores
149
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. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Shoney's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - +9.4%
2 S Shoney's - +1.9%
3 W Waffle House logo Waffle House - -0.4%
4 I IHOP logo IHOP - -6.4%
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • Waffle House
  • IHOP
  • The Diner
  • Shoney's
  • Metro Diner
  • The Row Kitchen & Pub
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

149 tracked store locations in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (20)
  • Waffle House (55)
  • IHOP (8)
  • The Diner (1)
  • Shoney's (13)
  • Metro Diner (1)
  • The Row Kitchen & Pub (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 W Waffle House logo Waffle House 55
  • 2 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 20
  • 3 S Shoney's 13
  • 4 I IHOP logo IHOP 8
  • 5 B Better Days Diner 2
  • 6 C Country Kitchen logo Country Kitchen 1
  • 7 M Monique's Home Style Cooking 1
  • 8 B Black-Eyed Pea Restaurant 1
  • 9 S Santa Fe Diner 1
  • 10 B Belle's Little Country Kitchen 1
  • 11 S Super Suppers 1
  • 12 H H & T's Home Cooking 1
  • 13 U Uncle John's American Diner 1
  • 14 J Jeff's Family Friendly Restaurant 1
  • 15 D Doll's Family Cafe 1
  • 16 R Ruby's Kitchen 1
  • 17 H H&T’s Home Cooking 1
  • 18 T The Diner 1
  • 19 T Tesha's Apron Strang's 1
  • 20 B Barr's Music City Soul Food 1
  • 21 C Cindy's Cafe 1
  • 22 C Country Cupboard 1
  • 23 C Calidogs 1
  • 24 B Big Mama's Soul Food 1
  • 25 N NashHouse Southern Spoon & Saloon 1
  • 26 A A & J Diner 1
  • 27 J Johnny Cash's Bar and BBQ 1
  • 28 B Bailey and Cato 1
  • 29 J Jay's Family Restaurant 1
  • 30 L Lolly's Cafe 1
  • 31 S Starr Ranch 1
  • 32 M Metro Diner logo Metro Diner 1
  • 33 T The Row Kitchen & Pub 1
  • 34 G GRAYS On Main 1
  • 35 B Brown's Diner 1
  • 36 N Nadeen's Hermitage Haven 1
  • 37 F Flat Tire Diner 1
  • 38 H Husk logo Husk 1
  • 39 M Mel's Drive-In 1
  • 40 S Sun Diner 1
  • 41 F Fenwick's 300 1
  • 42 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans 1
  • 43 W Wendell Smith's Restaurant 1
  • 44 P Paula Deen's Family Kitchen logo Paula Deen's Family Kitchen 1
  • 45 M Mimi's Cafe logo Mimi's Cafe 1
  • 46 K Kitchen Notes 1
  • 47 D Denny's logo Denny's 1
  • 48 J Jamaicaway Restaurant at Midtown 1
  • 49 A Arnold's Country Kitchen 1
  • 50 B Busy Bee Cafe 1

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