Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Columbus, OH

Iceflower tracks 138 stores from 58 family restaurants & diners in Columbus, OH. Bob Evans grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Waffle House.

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
58
Tracked stores
138
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. Bob Evans and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans - +1.8%
2 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - +1.3%
3 W Waffle House logo Waffle House - +1.0%
4 I IHOP logo IHOP - -1.2%
5 D Delaney's Diner - -7.8%
6 T Tee Jaye's Country Place - -13.2%
7 D Denny's logo Denny's - -13.8%
8 B Big Boy logo Big Boy - -83.2%
  • Bob Evans
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • IHOP
  • Waffle House
  • Tee Jaye's Country Place
  • Cap City Fine Diner and Bar
  • Delaney's Diner
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

138 tracked store locations in Columbus, OH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Bob Evans (41)
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (4)
  • IHOP (8)
  • Waffle House (21)
  • Tee Jaye's Country Place (4)
  • Cap City Fine Diner and Bar (1)
  • Delaney's Diner (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans 41
  • 2 W Waffle House logo Waffle House 21
  • 3 I IHOP logo IHOP 8
  • 4 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 4
  • 5 T Tee Jaye's Country Place 4
  • 6 D Delaney's Diner 3
  • 7 B Big Boy logo Big Boy 3
  • 8 D Denny's logo Denny's 3
  • 9 F Frisch's Big Boy logo Frisch's Big Boy 2
  • 10 P Pearl's Diner 1
  • 11 J JB's Downtown Grill 1
  • 12 O Our Lakeside Diner 1
  • 13 M M & M Family Diner 1
  • 14 C CJ's Soul Food logo CJ's Soul Food 1
  • 15 C Cherry Street Diner 1
  • 16 N Nana's and Papa's 1
  • 17 C Cafe Illyria 1
  • 18 D Dashing Diner Uptown 1
  • 19 B Big John's Diner & Catering 1
  • 20 S Super Suppers 1
  • 21 S Simply Southern 1
  • 22 S Shrimp Lips 1
  • 23 M M&M Diner 1
  • 24 F Family Ties Diner 1
  • 25 G Golden Donuts & Diner 1
  • 26 S Simplee Deelicious and Catering 1
  • 27 T The Hayden 1
  • 28 W Wildflower Cafe & Catering 1
  • 29 B Big Apple Cafe on Log Pond 1
  • 30 E Eclectic Diner & Sweeterie 1
  • 31 L La Glory's Soul Food Cafe 1
  • 32 T Traditions at Scott 1
  • 33 W Way Down Yonder New Orleans Finest Restaurant 1
  • 34 C Cap City Fine Diner and Bar logo Cap City Fine Diner and Bar 1
  • 35 3 3 Brothers Diner 1
  • 36 C Cap City Fine Diner & Bar 1
  • 37 M Mimi's Cafe logo Mimi's Cafe 1
  • 38 W Weidner's Corner 1
  • 39 T Tommy's Diner logo Tommy's Diner 1
  • 40 N Nutcracker Family Restaurant 1
  • 41 S Soul 2 Go 1
  • 42 O Olympic Diner 1
  • 43 T The Mercury Diner 1
  • 44 G Galena Diner 1
  • 45 S Skully's Music-Diner 1
  • 46 G George's Linworth Diner 1
  • 47 A Abner's Casual Dining 1
  • 48 G Grand Day Cafe 1
  • 49 J Jenny's Diner 1
  • 50 O Over The Counter Cafe 1

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