Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in New York

Iceflower tracks 887 stores from 672 family restaurants & diners in New York. Mike's Diner grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Junior's and Hometown Cafe.

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
672
Tracked stores
887
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. Mike's Diner and Junior's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Mike's Diner ▲1 +19.7%
2 J Junior's ▲1 +19.3%
3 H Hometown Cafe - +2.5%
4 B Bob's Diner - +1.2%
5 N Neptune Diner - +0.7%
6 P Plaza Diner - -1.6%
7 D Dave's Diner - -3.3%
8 P Perkins American Food Co. logo Perkins American Food Co. - -4.8%
9 F Friendly's logo Friendly's - -5.1%
10 V Village Diner ▲1 -6.1%
11 I IHOP logo IHOP - -11.5%
12 D Denny's logo Denny's ▼1 -13.2%
13 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans ▼1 -20.5%
14 V Village Inn logo Village Inn ▼1 -38.2%
  • Junior's
  • Denny's
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • IHOP
  • Friendly's
  • Alexis Diner
  • Halfmoon Diner
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

887 tracked store locations in New York. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Junior's (4)
  • Denny's (44)
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (10)
  • IHOP (64)
  • Friendly's (32)
  • Alexis Diner (2)
  • Halfmoon Diner (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 I IHOP logo IHOP 64
  • 2 D Denny's logo Denny's 44
  • 3 F Friendly's logo Friendly's 32
  • 4 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 10
  • 5 P Perkins American Food Co. logo Perkins American Food Co. 6
  • 6 J Junior's 4
  • 7 V Village Diner 4
  • 8 B Bob's Diner 4
  • 9 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans 4
  • 10 M Mike's Diner 3
  • 11 V Village Inn logo Village Inn 3
  • 12 N Neptune Diner 3
  • 13 P Plaza Diner 3
  • 14 H Hometown Cafe 3
  • 15 D Dave's Diner 3
  • 16 E Eveready Diner logo Eveready Diner 2
  • 17 M Market Diner 2
  • 18 B Broadway Diner 2
  • 19 E Eddie's Restaurant 2
  • 20 G Great American Diner 2
  • 21 B Blue Dolphin 2
  • 22 C Campfire Grill 2
  • 23 G Gateway Diner 2
  • 24 S Sam's Diner 2
  • 25 B Boulevard Diner 2
  • 26 T The Milkhouse 2
  • 27 P Parkside Diner 2
  • 28 B Bill's Diner 2
  • 29 O Olympic Diner 2
  • 30 N Nautilus Diner logo Nautilus Diner 2
  • 31 J Jackson Hole 2
  • 32 M Metro Diner logo Metro Diner 2
  • 33 T The Diner 2
  • 34 M Mochalisa's Caffe 2
  • 35 O Old Mill Restaurant logo Old Mill Restaurant 2
  • 36 E Empire Diner 2
  • 37 A Alexis Diner 2
  • 38 A Ambrosia Diner 2
  • 39 C Carnegie Diner Cafe 2
  • 40 S Second Chance Diner 2
  • 41 A Amsterdam Diner 2
  • 42 S Stella's Diner 2
  • 43 L Louie's Texas Red Hots 2
  • 44 C Chelsea Square Restaurant 1
  • 45 S South Pearl Coffee Shop 1
  • 46 N Newest Lunch 1
  • 47 F Fall's Diner 1
  • 48 G Gracie Mews Diner 1
  • 49 C Cobleskill Diner 1
  • 50 M Midnight Express Diner 1

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