Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Iceflower tracks 409 stores from 117 family restaurants & diners in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Mel's Drive-In grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Corky's Kitchen & Bakery and Black Bear Diner.

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
117
Tracked stores
409
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. Mel's Drive-In and Corky's Kitchen & Bakery sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Mel's Drive-In - +20.0%
2 C Corky's Kitchen & Bakery - +7.2%
3 B Black Bear Diner logo Black Bear Diner - +6.9%
4 P Paul's Place - +6.5%
5 N Norm's - +3.7%
6 M Marie Callender's logo Marie Callender's - +1.9%
7 G Golden Ox - -0.0%
8 D Denny's logo Denny's - -0.6%
9 I IHOP logo IHOP - -0.9%
10 G Georgia's Restaurant logo Georgia's Restaurant - -1.8%
11 P Polly's Pies Restaurant logo Polly's Pies Restaurant - -2.8%
12 R Ruby's Diner logo Ruby's Diner - -5.6%
13 W Woody's Diner - -8.1%
14 C Crazy Otto's Diner - -9.0%
15 F Fantastic Cafe - -18.0%
  • Denny's
  • IHOP
  • Norm's
  • Marie Callender's
  • Black Bear Diner
  • Polly's Pies Restaurant
  • Mimi's Cafe
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

409 tracked store locations in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Denny's (114)
  • IHOP (80)
  • Norm's (14)
  • Marie Callender's (11)
  • Black Bear Diner (11)
  • Polly's Pies Restaurant (11)
  • Mimi's Cafe (13)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Denny's logo Denny's 114
  • 2 I IHOP logo IHOP 80
  • 3 N Norm's 14
  • 4 M Mimi's Cafe logo Mimi's Cafe 13
  • 5 M Marie Callender's logo Marie Callender's 11
  • 6 B Black Bear Diner logo Black Bear Diner 11
  • 7 P Polly's Pies Restaurant logo Polly's Pies Restaurant 11
  • 8 R Ruby's Diner logo Ruby's Diner 9
  • 9 W Woody's Diner 6
  • 10 C Coco's Bakery Restaurant logo Coco's Bakery Restaurant 5
  • 11 F Fantastic Cafe 5
  • 12 P Paul's Place 5
  • 13 G Golden Ox 4
  • 14 C Crazy Otto's Diner 4
  • 15 M Mel's Drive-In 3
  • 16 G Georgia's Restaurant logo Georgia's Restaurant 3
  • 17 C Corky's Kitchen & Bakery 3
  • 18 T Tom's Famous Family Restaurant logo Tom's Famous Family Restaurant 2
  • 19 V Village Inn logo Village Inn 2
  • 20 M Mr D's Diner 2
  • 21 C Country Cafe 2
  • 22 O Our Place 2
  • 23 H Honeybird 2
  • 24 M Mel's Diner logo Mel's Diner 2
  • 25 B Bob's Big Boy logo Bob's Big Boy 2
  • 26 E El Dorado Golf Course Restaurant 1
  • 27 T The Place To Be 1
  • 28 D Day Day And Dukes Waffle House 1
  • 29 W Wences Bistro 1
  • 30 C Concordia Cafeteria 1
  • 31 G George's 50's Diner 1
  • 32 T Tony's Restaurant 1
  • 33 D Dulan's On Crenshaw 1
  • 34 C Cea-Lo L.A 1
  • 35 J Joe's Diner 1
  • 36 A Andy's Coffee Shop 1
  • 37 S Spires Restaurant logo Spires Restaurant 1
  • 38 O Olympic Restaurant 1
  • 39 V Venni Mac's M & M Soulfood Restaurant 1
  • 40 S Saugus Cafe 1
  • 41 J Johnny Rebs True South 1
  • 42 P Pat and Lorraines Coffee Shop 1
  • 43 P Pacific Diner 1
  • 44 O Omelette Inn 1
  • 45 G Gotta Have It grill 1
  • 46 R R Kitchen 1
  • 47 T The Lair Dining Hall 1
  • 48 S Soulo’s Kitchen + Cafe 1
  • 49 R Rio Café 1
  • 50 H Hometown Restaurant 1

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