Trends · data through August 2026

Food & Drink trends in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Iceflower tracks 14,402 stores from 8,752 food & drink chains in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Chili's Grill & Bar grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Eataly and Salad 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
8,752
Tracked stores
14,402
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. Chili's Grill & Bar and Eataly sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar ▲4 +18.8%
2 E Eataly logo Eataly ▲4 +18.4%
3 S Salad House logo Salad House ▲10 +18.3%
4 K KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot logo KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot ▲5 +17.1%
5 G Golden Krust logo Golden Krust ▲9 +15.7%
6 T Tommy's Tavern and Tap logo Tommy's Tavern and Tap ▲3 +15.7%
7 N Nathan's Famous logo Nathan's Famous ▲12 +14.8%
8 B Bonefish Grill logo Bonefish Grill ▲8 +13.4%
9 R Ruth's Chris Steak House logo Ruth's Chris Steak House ▲8 +13.2%
10 Z Zaro's Family Bakery logo Zaro's Family Bakery ▲5 +12.4%
11 M Maman logo Maman ▲9 +11.7%
12 H Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar logo Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar ▲6 +11.6%
13 N NAYA logo NAYA ▲11 +11.3%
14 7 7th Street Burger logo 7th Street Burger ▲9 +10.8%
15 C Chuck E. Cheese logo Chuck E. Cheese ▲8 +10.6%

Store footprint

Store map

14,402 tracked store locations in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, colored by category.

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