Trends · data through September 2026

Casual Dining in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Iceflower tracks 777 stores from 537 casual dining chains in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. The Republic Grille grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Adriatic Cafe Italian Grill and LongHorn Steakhouse.

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
537
Tracked stores
777
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. The Republic Grille and Adriatic Cafe Italian Grill sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Republic Grille - +16.4%
2 A Adriatic Cafe Italian Grill ▲3 +14.2%
3 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse - +11.9%
4 J James Coney Island ▲2 +11.4%
5 S Saltgrass Steak House logo Saltgrass Steak House - +9.1%
6 R Red Lobster logo Red Lobster ▲1 +7.7%
7 T Texas Roadhouse logo Texas Roadhouse - +5.9%
8 L Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar logo Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar ▲1 +5.8%
9 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar - +1.6%
10 W Willie's Grill & Icehouse logo Willie's Grill & Icehouse - +1.1%
11 C Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen logo Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - +0.3%
12 W Waterfalls Cafe - -1.9%
13 C Carrabba's Italian Grill logo Carrabba's Italian Grill - -2.0%
14 9 9er's Grill - -2.0%
15 O Olive Garden logo Olive Garden - -2.3%
  • Texas Roadhouse
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • Olive Garden
  • Saltgrass Steak House
  • Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen
  • LongHorn Steakhouse
  • IKEA Restaurant
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

777 tracked store locations in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Texas Roadhouse (18)
  • Chili's Grill & Bar (44)
  • Olive Garden (21)
  • Saltgrass Steak House (16)
  • Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen (10)
  • LongHorn Steakhouse (11)
  • IKEA Restaurant (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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