Trends · data through September 2026

Mediterranean & Middle Eastern in New York

Iceflower tracks 795 stores from 639 Mediterranean & Middle Eastern chains in New York. CAVA grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Rachels Mediterranean Grill and Souvlaki GR.

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
639
Tracked stores
795
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Mediterranean & Middle Eastern 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. CAVA and Rachels Mediterranean Grill sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C CAVA logo CAVA ▲1 +8.5%
2 R Rachels Mediterranean Grill - +5.9%
3 S Souvlaki GR ▲1 +4.7%
4 R Ravagh Persian Grill ▲1 0.0%
5 A Ali Baba - -0.4%
6 G Greek Xpress ▲2 -2.4%
7 S Shah's Halal Food logo Shah's Halal Food - -10.7%
8 T The Halal Guys logo The Halal Guys ▼2 -23.6%
9 G Gyro King ▲1 -29.4%
10 P Pita Gourmet ▼1 -36.8%
11 N Naz's Halal Food logo Naz's Halal Food ▼1 -42.9%
12 P Pita Yeero logo Pita Yeero ▼2 -52.5%
  • Simone's Kitchen
  • CAVA
  • Kostas Family Restaurant
  • NAYA
  • Zoe Restaurant
  • Pita Gourmet
  • Berlin's Halal Doner & Kebab
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Simone's Kitchen (3)
  • CAVA (16)
  • Kostas Family Restaurant (1)
  • NAYA (25)
  • Zoe Restaurant (1)
  • Pita Gourmet (5)
  • Berlin's Halal Doner & Kebab (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 N NAYA logo NAYA 25
  • 2 S Shah's Halal Food logo Shah's Halal Food 22
  • 3 C CAVA logo CAVA 16
  • 4 H Halal Munchies logo Halal Munchies 10
  • 5 T The Halal Guys logo The Halal Guys 7
  • 6 N Naz's Halal Food logo Naz's Halal Food 6
  • 7 G Greek Xpress 6
  • 8 P Pita Gourmet 5
  • 9 R Rachels Mediterranean Grill 5
  • 10 G Gyro King 4
  • 11 P Pita Yeero logo Pita Yeero 3
  • 12 R Ravagh Persian Grill 3
  • 13 H Halal Food 3
  • 14 S Souvlaki GR 3
  • 15 T Tara Kitchen logo Tara Kitchen 3
  • 16 S Simone's Kitchen 3
  • 17 A Ali Baba 3
  • 18 H Halal Bites 2
  • 19 M Mediterranean Kebab House 2
  • 20 T Turkish Cuisine 2
  • 21 F Fattoush 2
  • 22 K Kyma logo Kyma 2
  • 23 M Memo Shish Kebab 2
  • 24 1 12 Chairs Cafe 2
  • 25 N Nana's Mediterranean 2
  • 26 A Alibaba Kebab 2
  • 27 K Kavos Grill 2
  • 28 M Mamoun's Falafel logo Mamoun's Falafel 2
  • 29 K King David's 2
  • 30 M Mediterranean Combo 2
  • 31 A Ayat logo Ayat 2
  • 32 J Jack's Wife Freda 2
  • 33 M mezeh logo mezeh 2
  • 34 T Taboonette 2
  • 35 A Athena Gyro 2
  • 36 P Pegasus Restaurant 2
  • 37 S Shiraz Kitchen & Wine Bar 2
  • 38 A Al Badawi 1
  • 39 K Kostas Family Restaurant 1
  • 40 A Alaturco Gyro Restaurant 1
  • 41 P Phos 1
  • 42 G Gyro Point Plus 1
  • 43 P Pita Dream 1
  • 44 S Spice and Beyond Halal Grill 1
  • 45 K Korali Estiatorio 1
  • 46 G Gypsy Kitchen 1
  • 47 W White Olive 1
  • 48 G Go To Greek 1
  • 49 B BK Halal Grill 1
  • 50 B Balzem logo Balzem 1

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