Trends · data through September 2026

Mediterranean & Middle Eastern in Louisiana

Iceflower tracks 81 stores from 66 Mediterranean & Middle Eastern chains in Louisiana.

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
66
Tracked stores
81
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Mediterranean & Middle Eastern 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. CAVA and Albasha Greek & Lebanese Restaurant sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C CAVA logo CAVA - +4.6%
2 A Albasha Greek & Lebanese Restaurant - -18.2%
  • CAVA
  • Albasha Greek & Lebanese Restaurant
  • Sultan's Shawarma Shack
  • Shaya
  • Saba
  • Mona's Cafe
  • Lebanon's Cafe
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

81 tracked store locations in Louisiana. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • CAVA (3)
  • Albasha Greek & Lebanese Restaurant (5)
  • Sultan's Shawarma Shack (1)
  • Shaya (1)
  • Saba (1)
  • Mona's Cafe (2)
  • Lebanon's Cafe (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Albasha Greek & Lebanese Restaurant 5
  • 2 C CAVA logo CAVA 3
  • 3 B Byblos Mediterranean Grill 2
  • 4 S Shawarma on the Run 2
  • 5 S Shawarma Guys logo Shawarma Guys 2
  • 6 Z Zeus Express 2
  • 7 T Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe logo Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe 2
  • 8 S Serop's Express 2
  • 9 C Cafe Petra 2
  • 10 C Cafe Phoenicia 2
  • 11 M Mona's Cafe 2
  • 12 T Tavi 1
  • 13 T The Simple Greek 1
  • 14 S Shawarma On The Go 1
  • 15 T Taza Kabob and Grill 1
  • 16 D Duman Artisan Kitchen 1
  • 17 S Shwarmas 1
  • 18 F Flames Mediterranean Restaurant 1
  • 19 N Nur's Kitchen 1
  • 20 G Green Olives Cafe & Pizzeria 1
  • 21 T Tal's Hummus 1
  • 22 C Cousin's Lebanese Cuisine 1
  • 23 H House of Kebab 1
  • 24 S Shish-Kabob House 1
  • 25 H Hummus & More 1
  • 26 N New Orleans Poboy & Gyro 1
  • 27 B Baba Kabab 1
  • 28 S Sam's Greek & Lebanese 1
  • 29 A Abu Omar Halal 1
  • 30 A Athenos Greek & Lebanese Cafe 1
  • 31 C Cafe Green 1
  • 32 A Athena Express 1
  • 33 A ArabBitęs 1
  • 34 M Moshiko 1
  • 35 S Sandy's Place 1
  • 36 T Turkish And Greek Cafe 1
  • 37 A Arzi's Cafe 1
  • 38 P Pita De' Novo 1
  • 39 A Albasha 21 1
  • 40 S Sahara Cafe 1
  • 41 K Kabob House NOLA 1
  • 42 M Mona Lisa Restaurant 1
  • 43 C Cleo's French Quarter 1
  • 44 5 504 Shawarma & Falafel 1
  • 45 C Cleopatra Mediterranean Cuisine 1
  • 46 I Istanbul Grill 1
  • 47 L Lebanon Grill 1
  • 48 1 1000 Figs 1
  • 49 G Gyro Grill 1
  • 50 A Athenos Greek and Lebanese Cafe 1

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