Trends · data through September 2026

Cafes & Bakery-Cafes in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Iceflower tracks 744 stores from 598 cafes & bakery-cafes in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. Corner Cafe grew fastest over the last year, ahead of George Howell Coffee and Restoration Coffee.

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
598
Tracked stores
744
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked cafes & bakery-cafes

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. Corner Cafe and George Howell Coffee sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Corner Cafe ▲1 +17.7%
2 G George Howell Coffee - +9.6%
3 R Restoration Coffee - +5.1%
4 P PS Gourmet Coffee - +5.0%
5 P Pavement Coffeehouse logo Pavement Coffeehouse - -0.8%
6 B Blackbird Cafe - -1.3%
7 R Revival Cafe + Kitchen logo Revival Cafe + Kitchen - -1.8%
8 T Tatte Bakery & Cafe logo Tatte Bakery & Cafe - -3.4%
9 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread - -4.4%
10 C Coffee Break Cafe ▼1 -4.6%
11 C Cafe Fresh Bagel - -4.8%
12 P Pressed Cafe logo Pressed Cafe - -7.1%
13 C Caffe Nero logo Caffe Nero - -8.9%
14 B Bruegger's Bagels logo Bruegger's Bagels - -9.8%
15 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels - -10.5%
  • Tatte Bakery & Cafe
  • Panera Bread
  • Pavement Coffeehouse
  • Caffe Nero
  • Trident Booksellers & Cafe
  • Pressed Cafe
  • George Howell Coffee
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

744 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Tatte Bakery & Cafe (13)
  • Panera Bread (55)
  • Pavement Coffeehouse (4)
  • Caffe Nero (3)
  • Trident Booksellers & Cafe (1)
  • Pressed Cafe (4)
  • George Howell Coffee (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread 55
  • 2 T Tatte Bakery & Cafe logo Tatte Bakery & Cafe 13
  • 3 B Bruegger's Bagels logo Bruegger's Bagels 13
  • 4 G Gunther Tooties 6
  • 5 G George Howell Coffee 5
  • 6 M Muffin House Cafe 5
  • 7 C Corner Cafe 4
  • 8 C Cafe Fresh Bagel 4
  • 9 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels 4
  • 10 P Pressed Cafe logo Pressed Cafe 4
  • 11 P Pavement Coffeehouse logo Pavement Coffeehouse 4
  • 12 B Blackbird Cafe 3
  • 13 P PS Gourmet Coffee 3
  • 14 F Fuel America 3
  • 15 C Caffe Nero logo Caffe Nero 3
  • 16 R Restoration Coffee 3
  • 17 R Revival Cafe + Kitchen logo Revival Cafe + Kitchen 3
  • 18 C Coffee Break Cafe 3
  • 19 D Discovery Cafe 2
  • 20 C Cafe Services 830 Wint 2
  • 21 T The Big Bean 2
  • 22 T The Well Coffeehouse logo The Well Coffeehouse 2
  • 23 L Lucky Finn Cafe logo Lucky Finn Cafe 2
  • 24 K Kohi Coffee Company 2
  • 25 F Flamingos Coffee Bar 2
  • 26 A Angela's Cafe 2
  • 27 T The Coffee Factory 2
  • 28 Z Zumi's Espresso 2
  • 29 R Ripple Cafe 2
  • 30 C Cobblestones 2
  • 31 B BeanTowne Coffee House 1
  • 32 T The Skinny Pancake 1
  • 33 Z Zuzu's Petals 1
  • 34 U Urban Hearth 1
  • 35 C Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe 1
  • 36 C Coffee Haven 1
  • 37 M Mia's Brooklyn Bakery 1
  • 38 S Solid Ground Cafe 1
  • 39 B Brighton Cafe 1
  • 40 N Nine Bar Espresso 1
  • 41 T Tamper 1
  • 42 T The Vintage Cafe 1
  • 43 B Benson's Cafe 1
  • 44 R Rebel Coffee & Creamery 1
  • 45 T Two Bees 1
  • 46 F Fresscafe 1
  • 47 T The Grind 1
  • 48 K Kaffee Vonsolln 1
  • 49 E Emmi Bakery and Cafe 1
  • 50 C Cuppacoffee 1

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