Trends · data through September 2026

Breakfast & Brunch Cafes in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 275 stores from 174 breakfast & brunch cafes in Illinois. First Watch grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Briana's Pancake House and Breakfast 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
174
Tracked stores
275
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked breakfast & brunch 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. First Watch and Briana's Pancake House sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 F First Watch logo First Watch ▲1 +15.7%
2 B Briana's Pancake House ▲3 +13.7%
3 B Breakfast House - +6.4%
4 E Egg Harbor Cafe logo Egg Harbor Cafe ▼1 -1.9%
5 T The Original Pancake House logo The Original Pancake House - -2.9%
6 W Wildberry Pancakes and Cafe logo Wildberry Pancakes and Cafe - -3.0%
7 B Blueberry Hill Breakfast Cafe - -14.1%
8 H Honey Berry Pancakes and Cafe logo Honey Berry Pancakes and Cafe ▼1 -14.2%
9 B Brunch Cafe logo Brunch Cafe - -15.2%
10 S Southern Belle's ▲1 -15.6%
11 L Lumes Pancake House logo Lumes Pancake House ▼2 -21.4%
12 E Eggsperience ▼1 -27.3%
13 S Sunrise Cafe - -47.9%
  • The Original Pancake House
  • Wildberry Pancakes and Cafe
  • First Watch
  • Egg Harbor Cafe
  • Brunch Cafe
  • Breakfast House
  • Toast It Iz
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

275 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • The Original Pancake House (16)
  • Wildberry Pancakes and Cafe (3)
  • First Watch (11)
  • Egg Harbor Cafe (18)
  • Brunch Cafe (9)
  • Breakfast House (3)
  • Toast It Iz (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 E Egg Harbor Cafe logo Egg Harbor Cafe 18
  • 2 T The Original Pancake House logo The Original Pancake House 16
  • 3 F First Watch logo First Watch 11
  • 4 B Brunch Cafe logo Brunch Cafe 9
  • 5 B Blueberry Hill Breakfast Cafe 9
  • 6 H Honey Berry Pancakes and Cafe logo Honey Berry Pancakes and Cafe 6
  • 7 L Lumes Pancake House logo Lumes Pancake House 5
  • 8 E Eggsperience 4
  • 9 L Le Peep logo Le Peep 4
  • 10 S Southern Belle's 4
  • 11 G Garden Berry Cafe logo Garden Berry Cafe 4
  • 12 B Briana's Pancake House 3
  • 13 S Sunrise Cafe 3
  • 14 B Breakfast House 3
  • 15 W Wildberry Pancakes and Cafe logo Wildberry Pancakes and Cafe 3
  • 16 R Richard Walker's Pancake House 2
  • 17 J Jelly Cafe 2
  • 18 G Golden Oak Pancake House 2
  • 19 E Exquisite Skillet Pancake House 2
  • 20 E Egg House 2
  • 21 P Pancake Cafe logo Pancake Cafe 2
  • 22 E Egg Tuck logo Egg Tuck 2
  • 23 E Eggceptional Cafe 2
  • 24 C Cinnamon Pancake House 2
  • 25 S Syrup 2
  • 26 Y Yia Yia's Pancake House 2
  • 27 B Batter & Berries 2
  • 28 B Briana's Pancake Cafe 2
  • 29 E Eggspresso 2
  • 30 T Toast It Iz logo Toast It Iz 1
  • 31 T The Curator’s Café 1
  • 32 A Angel's Pancake Cafe 2 1
  • 33 T Tribu Caffe 1
  • 34 M Michael's Pancake House 1
  • 35 J Juicy-O 1
  • 36 B Belleville Pancake House 1
  • 37 C Club2 1
  • 38 R Rockdale Pancake House 1
  • 39 M Mr. Breakfast 1
  • 40 B Breakfast Hacienda and Cafe 1
  • 41 W West River Cafe 1
  • 42 H Hi Way Restaurant 1
  • 43 S Sun Rey Cafe logo Sun Rey Cafe 1
  • 44 J Jelly Jam Restaurant & Pancakes 1
  • 45 F Four American Grill 1
  • 46 C Cracked on Green 1
  • 47 F Fernando's Omelette House Grill 1
  • 48 S Sunny Street Cafe logo Sunny Street Cafe 1
  • 49 B Breakfast Nook 1
  • 50 M Morning Delight Cafe 1

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