Trends · data through September 2026

Upscale Casual in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Iceflower tracks 84 stores from 28 upscale casual chains in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Barcelona Wine Bar grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Yard House and Chef Geoff's.

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
28
Tracked stores
84
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked upscale casual 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. Barcelona Wine Bar and Yard House sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Barcelona Wine Bar - +8.9%
2 Y Yard House logo Yard House ▲1 +7.2%
3 C Chef Geoff's logo Chef Geoff's - +6.6%
4 T The Cheesecake Factory logo The Cheesecake Factory - +4.8%
5 B Burtons Grill & Bar logo Burtons Grill & Bar ▲1 -0.3%
6 F Firebirds Wood Fired Grill logo Firebirds Wood Fired Grill ▼1 -1.1%
7 P P.F. Chang's logo P.F. Chang's - -7.2%
8 C Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant logo Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant ▲1 -7.3%
9 N North Italia logo North Italia - -8.5%
10 F Founding Farmers logo Founding Farmers - -11.0%
11 B Bonefish Grill logo Bonefish Grill ▼1 -11.0%
12 T The Melting Pot logo The Melting Pot - -14.7%
13 M Maggiano's Little Italy logo Maggiano's Little Italy ▼1 -23.8%
  • The Cheesecake Factory
  • Yard House
  • Firebirds Wood Fired Grill
  • Founding Farmers
  • Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant
  • Bonefish Grill
  • Sedona Taphouse
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • The Cheesecake Factory (10)
  • Yard House (4)
  • Firebirds Wood Fired Grill (7)
  • Founding Farmers (5)
  • Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant (3)
  • Bonefish Grill (9)
  • Sedona Taphouse (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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