Trends · data through September 2026

Mediterranean & Middle Eastern in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

Iceflower tracks 30 stores from 22 Mediterranean & Middle Eastern chains in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC.

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
22
Tracked stores
30
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 mezeh sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C CAVA logo CAVA - +7.9%
2 M mezeh logo mezeh - -4.6%
  • CAVA
  • Orapax
  • Azar's Mediterranean Grill
  • Mr Shawarma
  • mezeh
  • Kephi Greek Kitchen
  • Shawarma Shack
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

30 tracked store locations in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • CAVA (6)
  • Orapax (1)
  • Azar's Mediterranean Grill (1)
  • Mr Shawarma (1)
  • mezeh (3)
  • Kephi Greek Kitchen (1)
  • Shawarma Shack (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C CAVA logo CAVA 6
  • 2 M mezeh logo mezeh 3
  • 3 F Five Boroughs Restaurant 2
  • 4 G Gyro Palace 1
  • 5 T The Orapax Restaurant 1
  • 6 M Mediterranean Roots Restaurant 1
  • 7 K Kebab House 1
  • 8 J Jimmy da Greek's Deli 1
  • 9 2 2 D Cafe & Eatery 1
  • 10 B Beach Kabob House 1
  • 11 I Istanbul Gyro and Kebab 1
  • 12 A Anatolia Bar & Grill 1
  • 13 J Jenna's Cafe 1
  • 14 T The Simple Greek 1
  • 15 M Mazari Kebab and More 1
  • 16 S Spartan Gyros 1
  • 17 M Milton's Bay Cafe 1
  • 18 S Shawarma Shack 1
  • 19 K Kephi Greek Kitchen 1
  • 20 M Mr Shawarma 1
  • 21 A Azar's Mediterranean Grill 1
  • 22 O Orapax 1

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