Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in St. Louis, MO-IL

Iceflower tracks 119 stores from 57 family restaurants & diners in St. Louis, MO-IL. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Waffle House and Bob Evans.

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
57
Tracked stores
119
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 Waffle House 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 - +8.7%
2 W Waffle House logo Waffle House - +7.5%
3 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans - +0.4%
4 I IHOP logo IHOP - -10.4%
5 D Denny's logo Denny's - -12.6%
6 H Huddle House logo Huddle House - -16.7%
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • Waffle House
  • IHOP
  • Denny's
  • Bob Evans
  • Black Bear Diner
  • Grace Meat + Three
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

119 tracked store locations in St. Louis, MO-IL. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (9)
  • Waffle House (14)
  • IHOP (12)
  • Denny's (19)
  • Bob Evans (9)
  • Black Bear Diner (1)
  • Grace Meat + Three (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Denny's logo Denny's 19
  • 2 W Waffle House logo Waffle House 14
  • 3 I IHOP logo IHOP 12
  • 4 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 9
  • 5 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans 9
  • 6 H Huddle House logo Huddle House 3
  • 7 T The Diner 2
  • 8 M Mimi's Cafe logo Mimi's Cafe 2
  • 9 A Allin's Diner 1
  • 10 H Hwy 47 Kitchen logo Hwy 47 Kitchen 1
  • 11 J Jenny's Diner 1
  • 12 J Jesse's Soul Cafe 1
  • 13 B Black Bear Diner logo Black Bear Diner 1
  • 14 V Village Inn logo Village Inn 1
  • 15 M Mom's Soul Food Kitchen 1
  • 16 F Frank's Restaurant 1
  • 17 F Family Kitchen 1
  • 18 A Affton Diner 1
  • 19 J Johnny's Restaurant 1
  • 20 L Lady Di's Diner 1
  • 21 C Courtesy Diner 1
  • 22 F Funderburk's Diner 1
  • 23 F Five Aces Bar-B-Que 1
  • 24 M Mandela Soul Food Cafe 1
  • 25 P Pop's Chicago Steak, Fish, & Chicken 1
  • 26 M Miners Restaurant 1
  • 27 L Lovett's Soul Food 1
  • 28 W Who Dat Southern Food Bar and Grill 1
  • 29 T Teri's Route 66 Diner 1
  • 30 G Grandma's Kitchen 1
  • 31 D Debbie's Dinner 1
  • 32 F Fleur STL 1
  • 33 R Riverside Diner 1
  • 34 G Grace Meat + Three 1
  • 35 T The Scrambler House 1
  • 36 S Southwest Diner 1
  • 37 T Tony's Restaurant 1
  • 38 J Junction Cafe 1
  • 39 D Diner's Delight 1
  • 40 T The Malt Shop 1
  • 41 M Main Street Diner 1
  • 42 C Country Cafe 1
  • 43 N Nadine's Hash House 1
  • 44 T The Twistee Treat Diner 1
  • 45 T Tony's Diner 1
  • 46 H Highland Diner 1
  • 47 S Spencer's Grill 1
  • 48 G Granny Franny's 1
  • 49 T The Golden Pancake House 1
  • 50 C Chili Mac's Diner 1

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