Trends · data through July 2026

Food & Drink trends in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Iceflower tracks 14,203 stores from 8,612 food & drink chains in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Chili's Grill & Bar grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Eataly and KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot.

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
8,612
Tracked stores
14,203
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked food & drink 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. Chili's Grill & Bar and Eataly sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar ▲3 +19.3%
2 E Eataly logo Eataly ▲4 +18.4%
3 K KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot logo KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot ▲5 +16.8%
4 G Golden Krust logo Golden Krust ▲9 +15.7%
5 T Tommy's Tavern and Tap logo Tommy's Tavern and Tap ▲3 +15.6%
6 S Salad House logo Salad House ▲10 +14.8%
7 N Nathan's Famous logo Nathan's Famous ▲13 +14.4%
8 B Bonefish Grill logo Bonefish Grill ▲9 +13.5%
9 Z Zaro's Family Bakery logo Zaro's Family Bakery ▲7 +13.3%
10 R Ruth's Chris Steak House logo Ruth's Chris Steak House ▲6 +12.3%
11 M Maman logo Maman ▲9 +12.1%
12 H Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar logo Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar ▲7 +11.4%
13 7 7th Street Burger logo 7th Street Burger ▲9 +10.4%
14 N NAYA logo NAYA ▲9 +9.8%
15 D Dave & Buster's logo Dave & Buster's ▲1 +9.5%

Store footprint

Store map

14,203 tracked store locations in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, colored by category.

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