Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Maryland

Iceflower tracks 240 stores from 100 family restaurants & diners in Maryland. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Georgia Peach and Southern Blues.

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
100
Tracked stores
240
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. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Georgia Peach sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - +9.7%
2 G Georgia Peach ▲1 +6.9%
3 S Southern Blues ▲1 +6.8%
4 W Waffle House logo Waffle House - +5.9%
5 S Silver Diner logo Silver Diner - +3.4%
6 I IHOP logo IHOP - -1.1%
7 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans - -3.6%
8 D Denny's logo Denny's - -7.9%
9 D Double T Diner logo Double T Diner - -8.0%
10 C Carolina Kitchen logo Carolina Kitchen ▼2 -73.4%
  • IHOP
  • Silver Diner
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • Denny's
  • Bob Evans
  • Friendly's
  • Double T Diner
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

240 tracked store locations in Maryland. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • IHOP (54)
  • Silver Diner (10)
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (10)
  • Denny's (23)
  • Bob Evans (17)
  • Friendly's (7)
  • Double T Diner (6)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 I IHOP logo IHOP 54
  • 2 D Denny's logo Denny's 23
  • 3 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans 17
  • 4 W Waffle House logo Waffle House 13
  • 5 S Silver Diner logo Silver Diner 10
  • 6 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 10
  • 7 F Friendly's logo Friendly's 7
  • 8 D Double T Diner logo Double T Diner 6
  • 9 C Carolina Kitchen logo Carolina Kitchen 3
  • 10 G Georgia Peach 3
  • 11 S Southern Blues 3
  • 12 V Village Inn logo Village Inn 2
  • 13 M Miss Toya's Southern Kitchen logo Miss Toya's Southern Kitchen 2
  • 14 F Family Kitchen 1
  • 15 T The Chicken or The Egg 1
  • 16 B Barclay Depot 1
  • 17 S Steak in a Sack 1
  • 18 B Boulevard Diner 1
  • 19 S Sea Star Diner 1
  • 20 O Overlea Diner 1
  • 21 N North Point Diner 1
  • 22 B Blacksauce Kitchen 1
  • 23 S SweetPeaz Southern Kitchen 1
  • 24 L Lefty's Barbecue 1
  • 25 G G & A Restaurant 1
  • 26 C Clear Spring Country Diner 1
  • 27 L Lost In The 50's Diner 1
  • 28 L Levi's Enterprise 1
  • 29 H Horace & Dickies of Waldorf 1
  • 30 5 5th Avenue 1
  • 31 B Bertha's Soul Food Bar and Grill 1
  • 32 W Water's Edge Cafe 1
  • 33 M My Cup Runneth Over Southern Cuisine 1
  • 34 O Olde Town Restaurant 1
  • 35 P Po Boy Jim Bar and Grill 1
  • 36 L LuvPlates Soul and Grill 1
  • 37 K Kim's Grill 1
  • 38 3 3rd Street Diner 1
  • 39 M Malia's Kitchen 1
  • 40 B Brother's Restaurant 1
  • 41 D Daily Diner 1
  • 42 M Mike's Restaurant 1
  • 43 I It's My Domain 1
  • 44 R Renos Restaurant 1
  • 45 V Vasachy's Restaurant & Catering 1
  • 46 C Country Kitchen logo Country Kitchen 1
  • 47 M Mid-Atlantic Seafood 1
  • 48 L Lindy's Restaurant 1
  • 49 P Peabody Cafeteria 1
  • 50 M McDaniel Dining 1

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