Trends · data through September 2026

Casual Dining in Delaware

Iceflower tracks 214 stores from 177 casual dining chains in Delaware. LongHorn Steakhouse grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Red Lobster and Texas Roadhouse.

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
177
Tracked stores
214
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked casual dining 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. LongHorn Steakhouse and Red Lobster sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse - +11.8%
2 R Red Lobster logo Red Lobster - +4.9%
3 T Texas Roadhouse logo Texas Roadhouse - +3.8%
4 A Applebee's Grill + Bar logo Applebee's Grill + Bar - +2.0%
5 O Olive Garden logo Olive Garden - +0.6%
6 R Red Robin Gourmet Burgers logo Red Robin Gourmet Burgers - -5.0%
7 O Outback Steakhouse logo Outback Steakhouse - -6.8%
8 T TGI Fridays logo TGI Fridays - -12.8%
9 R Ruby Tuesday logo Ruby Tuesday - -26.1%
  • Texas Roadhouse
  • Applebee's Grill + Bar
  • Outback Steakhouse
  • Olive Garden
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • LongHorn Steakhouse
  • Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

214 tracked store locations in Delaware. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Texas Roadhouse (5)
  • Applebee's Grill + Bar (10)
  • Outback Steakhouse (4)
  • Olive Garden (3)
  • Chili's Grill & Bar (2)
  • LongHorn Steakhouse (3)
  • Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Applebee's Grill + Bar logo Applebee's Grill + Bar 10
  • 2 T Texas Roadhouse logo Texas Roadhouse 5
  • 3 R Red Robin Gourmet Burgers logo Red Robin Gourmet Burgers 5
  • 4 O Outback Steakhouse logo Outback Steakhouse 4
  • 5 R Ruby Tuesday logo Ruby Tuesday 4
  • 6 T TGI Fridays logo TGI Fridays 4
  • 7 O Olive Garden logo Olive Garden 3
  • 8 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse 3
  • 9 R Red Lobster logo Red Lobster 3
  • 10 S Soup Man 2
  • 11 I Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant logo Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant 2
  • 12 T Touch of Italy 2
  • 13 C Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen logo Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen 2
  • 14 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar 2
  • 15 W Wolfie's Grille 1
  • 16 B Bon Appetit Restaurant 1
  • 17 V Village & Venue 1
  • 18 C Cafe Riviera 1
  • 19 R Ristorante Attilio 1
  • 20 L Luigi's Cafe 1
  • 21 Y Yatz's Subs and Steaks 1
  • 22 C Cafe Sitaly logo Cafe Sitaly 1
  • 23 C Cafe Pomodoro 1
  • 24 C Crooked Hammock 1
  • 25 D Dalmata 1
  • 26 T Tony's Bistro 1
  • 27 A Angel's Restaurant 1
  • 28 T Theo's Steaks 1
  • 29 V Villa Sorrento 1
  • 30 C Culinaria 1
  • 31 T Taste of New York Smyrna 1
  • 32 V Vicky's Famous Fried Fish 1
  • 33 D Doggie Style 1
  • 34 L Lettie's Kitchen 1
  • 35 O Ocean View Deli and Restaurant 1
  • 36 T The Forge 1
  • 37 M Mary's Kountry Kitchen 1
  • 38 J James Street Tavern 1
  • 39 S Southern Grill 1
  • 40 D Dorcea 1
  • 41 G Georgetown Family Restaurant 1
  • 42 R Romano's Restaurant 1
  • 43 P Piazza Mia 1
  • 44 A Arena's Cafe 1
  • 45 T The Boulevard Live Entertainment Restaurant 1
  • 46 A Aunt Marys Kitchen II 1
  • 47 L L&G Southern Soul Food 1
  • 48 T The Marshallton Steakhouse 1
  • 49 B Bonz Restaurant and Lounge 1
  • 50 L Libby's Restaurant 1

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