Trends · data through September 2026

Mediterranean & Middle Eastern in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Iceflower tracks 409 stores from 261 Mediterranean & Middle Eastern chains in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Our Mom Eugenia grew fastest over the last year, ahead of mezeh and CAVA.

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
261
Tracked stores
409
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. Our Mom Eugenia and mezeh sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 O Our Mom Eugenia ▲2 +8.6%
2 M mezeh logo mezeh - +5.0%
3 C CAVA logo CAVA - +1.5%
4 K Kabob Corner - -1.5%
5 C Cava Mezze Rockville - -3.2%
6 M Moby Dick House of Kabob logo Moby Dick House of Kabob - -3.5%
7 T The Halal Guys logo The Halal Guys - -4.1%
8 G Grill Kabob - -4.6%
9 S Shah's Halal Food logo Shah's Halal Food - -9.5%
10 R Roti Modern Mediterranean ▲1 -10.3%
11 T The Perfect Pita ▲1 -16.6%
12 N Naz's Halal Food logo Naz's Halal Food ▼2 -28.5%
13 F Food Corner Kabob House ▼2 -40.8%
  • CAVA
  • Moby Dick House of Kabob
  • mezeh
  • Grill Kabob
  • The Big Greek Cafe
  • Cafe 8
  • Barca Pier & Wine Bar
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

409 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • CAVA (32)
  • Moby Dick House of Kabob (25)
  • mezeh (21)
  • Grill Kabob (12)
  • The Big Greek Cafe (10)
  • Cafe 8 (1)
  • Barca Pier & Wine Bar (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C CAVA logo CAVA 32
  • 2 M Moby Dick House of Kabob logo Moby Dick House of Kabob 25
  • 3 M mezeh logo mezeh 21
  • 4 G Grill Kabob 12
  • 5 T The Halal Guys logo The Halal Guys 11
  • 6 T The Big Greek Cafe 10
  • 7 L Lebanese Taverna logo Lebanese Taverna 6
  • 8 N Naz's Halal Food logo Naz's Halal Food 5
  • 9 T The Perfect Pita 4
  • 10 F Falafel Inc logo Falafel Inc 4
  • 11 S Shah's Halal Food logo Shah's Halal Food 4
  • 12 R Roti Modern Mediterranean 3
  • 13 F Food Corner Kabob House 3
  • 14 K Kabob Corner 3
  • 15 C Cava Mezze Rockville 3
  • 16 O Our Mom Eugenia 3
  • 17 K Kabul Kabob Express 3
  • 18 S Sheesh Grill 2
  • 19 S Sorrento Grill 2
  • 20 M Muncheez 2
  • 21 T Tasty Kabob 2
  • 22 F Flame Kabob 2
  • 23 T The Block oven 2
  • 24 C CHA Street Food 2
  • 25 S Shawarma Guys logo Shawarma Guys 2
  • 26 K Kabobistan 2
  • 27 T The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill logo The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill 2
  • 28 M Maman Joon Kitchen logo Maman Joon Kitchen 2
  • 29 C Capital Doner 2
  • 30 M Makani Restaurant and Lounge 1
  • 31 T The Greek Spot 1
  • 32 O Osmow's logo Osmow's 1
  • 33 E Elwazeer Market 1
  • 34 C Caspian Kabob 1
  • 35 R Rosemary's Thyme Bistro 1
  • 36 B Bamian Restaurant 1
  • 37 I Istanbul Grill 1
  • 38 B Bacchus of Lebanon 1
  • 39 A Athens Grill 1
  • 40 S Shishkabob Express 1
  • 41 B Bread and Kabob 1
  • 42 R Rumi's Kitchen logo Rumi's Kitchen 1
  • 43 G Gagawa 1
  • 44 M Mastiha Taverna 1
  • 45 B Byblos Restaurant 1
  • 46 N Nostos Restaurant 1
  • 47 K Kabob Restaurant 1
  • 48 C Cafe Fili logo Cafe Fili 1
  • 49 V Vaso's Kitchen 1
  • 50 K Kazan Restaurant 1

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