Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 222 stores from 135 family restaurants & diners in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Bakers Square grew fastest over the last year, ahead of IHOP and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.

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
135
Tracked stores
222
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. Bakers Square and IHOP sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Bakers Square - -3.1%
2 I IHOP logo IHOP - -4.5%
3 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - -4.7%
4 G George's Family Restaurant ▲1 -7.7%
5 D Denny's logo Denny's - -12.0%
6 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans ▼1 -15.9%
  • IHOP
  • Denny's
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • Soul Vibez
  • Cozy Corner
  • Village Inn
  • Jordyn's Soul Cafe
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

222 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • IHOP (36)
  • Denny's (26)
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (8)
  • Soul Vibez (2)
  • Cozy Corner (1)
  • Village Inn (6)
  • Jordyn's Soul Cafe (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 I IHOP logo IHOP 36
  • 2 D Denny's logo Denny's 26
  • 3 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 8
  • 4 V Village Inn logo Village Inn 6
  • 5 B Bakers Square 5
  • 6 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans 3
  • 7 G George's Family Restaurant 3
  • 8 W Whistle Stop Cafe 2
  • 9 C Colonial Cafe 2
  • 10 B Bentley's Pancake House 2
  • 11 S Sunrise Restaurant 2
  • 12 C Country House Restaurant 2
  • 13 C Country Kitchen logo Country Kitchen 2
  • 14 S Soul Vibez logo Soul Vibez 2
  • 15 R Rise N Dine 1
  • 16 N Northside Diner 1
  • 17 B Broiler's Flip 1
  • 18 G Grandma's Pancake House 1
  • 19 S Silver Dollar Restaurant 1
  • 20 L Lucky Diner 1
  • 21 G Granny's Country Kitchen 1
  • 22 N Northside Grill 1
  • 23 S Sander's Family Restaurant & Pancake House 1
  • 24 K King Soul Food Gallery 1
  • 25 K Ken's Diner and Grille 1
  • 26 B Burgundy Restaurant 1
  • 27 S Sunrise Family Restaurant 1
  • 28 T Tinley Park Gyros 1
  • 29 N N and T Family Restaurant 1
  • 30 B Balmoral Restaurant 1
  • 31 L Little Goat Diner 1
  • 32 L Little Corner Restaurant 1
  • 33 M Mimi's Cafe logo Mimi's Cafe 1
  • 34 T Teddy's Diner 1
  • 35 S Sunshine Restaurant 1
  • 36 L Lumberjacks Restaurant 1
  • 37 6 6978 Soul Food 1
  • 38 D Don Delfis House of Pancakes 1
  • 39 G Greenwood Diner 1
  • 40 A Abd's Diner 1
  • 41 G Geneva Diner 1
  • 42 R Roy's Soul Food 1
  • 43 B Batavia Diner 2 1
  • 44 S Star 34 Family Restaurant 1
  • 45 R Rubys Soulfood Express 1
  • 46 M Mandy's Soul Food Kitchen 1
  • 47 H Huddle House logo Huddle House 1
  • 48 G Granny's Diner Of Richmond 1
  • 49 C Condor's Rotisserie 1
  • 50 G Granny's Diner 1

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