Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Pittsburgh, PA

Iceflower tracks 156 stores from 65 family restaurants & diners in Pittsburgh, PA. Valley Dairy Restaurant grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Bob Evans and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.

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
65
Tracked stores
156
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. Valley Dairy Restaurant and Bob Evans sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 V Valley Dairy Restaurant logo Valley Dairy Restaurant - +5.4%
2 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans ▲1 +4.1%
3 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store ▲1 +1.8%
4 E Eat'n Park logo Eat'n Park - -0.5%
5 F Freedom Square Diner ▲1 -5.7%
6 D Denny's logo Denny's ▼2 -9.5%
7 H Hoss's Steak & Sea House logo Hoss's Steak & Sea House - -16.7%
8 I IHOP logo IHOP ▼1 -19.9%
  • Eat'n Park
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • Bob Evans
  • Denny's
  • Pamela's Diner
  • Kelly O's Diner
  • Freedom Square Diner
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

156 tracked store locations in Pittsburgh, PA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Eat'n Park (44)
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (4)
  • Bob Evans (16)
  • Denny's (15)
  • Pamela's Diner (3)
  • Kelly O's Diner (2)
  • Freedom Square Diner (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 E Eat'n Park logo Eat'n Park 44
  • 2 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans 16
  • 3 D Denny's logo Denny's 15
  • 4 V Valley Dairy Restaurant logo Valley Dairy Restaurant 4
  • 5 I IHOP logo IHOP 4
  • 6 F Freedom Square Diner 4
  • 7 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 4
  • 8 P Pamela's Diner logo Pamela's Diner 3
  • 9 H Hoss's Steak & Sea House logo Hoss's Steak & Sea House 3
  • 10 K Kelly O's Diner 2
  • 11 W Waffle House logo Waffle House 2
  • 12 B Bob's Diner 2
  • 13 C Coney Island 1
  • 14 F Family Table 1
  • 15 F Farmhouse Restaurant 1
  • 16 C Carmi Express 1
  • 17 H House Of Soul Catering 1
  • 18 B Bailey's Diner 1
  • 19 P Pampeno's Good Eats and Sweet Treats 1
  • 20 A Angie's Restaurant 1
  • 21 C Creekside Diner 1
  • 22 B Barb's Country Junction Cafe 1
  • 23 S Shoney's 1
  • 24 G Glassport Diner 1
  • 25 V Village Inn logo Village Inn 1
  • 26 T The Speckled Egg PGH 1
  • 27 F Fresh N Full LLC 1
  • 28 E Ed's Diner 1
  • 29 T Tom's Diner 1
  • 30 F Fiddle's 1
  • 31 H Hilda's Soul Food Kitchen 1
  • 32 J Jimis' Sunnyside Up Diner 1
  • 33 L Lucia's All American Hot Dog & Catering 1
  • 34 T The Early Bird Diner 1
  • 35 T The Oakdale Diner 1
  • 36 T Tootsie's Diner 1
  • 37 V Vickey's Soul Grill Catering 1
  • 38 W West E. Diner 1
  • 39 W wings & a prayer 1
  • 40 D Dick's Diner 1
  • 41 B Back to the 80's Diner 1
  • 42 T Totin's Diner 1
  • 43 M Marathon Diner 1
  • 44 R Route 40 Classic Diner 1
  • 45 M Mark CS Diner 1
  • 46 H Hometown Diner 1
  • 47 J Jack's Diner 1
  • 48 D Dari-Villa Restaurant 1
  • 49 B Billie Ann's Diner 1
  • 50 F Fox's Diner 1

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