Trends · data through September 2026

Latin American & Caribbean in Ohio

Iceflower tracks 144 stores from 136 Latin American & Caribbean chains in Ohio. The Arepa Place grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Taste of Jamaica and Irie Jamaican Kitchen.

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
136
Tracked stores
144
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Latin American & Caribbean 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. The Arepa Place and Taste of Jamaica sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Arepa Place ▲1 +3.8%
2 T Taste of Jamaica ▲1 -2.0%
3 I Irie Jamaican Kitchen ▼2 -65.0%
  • Batuqui on the Falls
  • Gually's Bakery & Restaurant
  • Estilo Brazil Brazilian Store & Restaurant
  • Sol
  • Salar Restaurant and Lounge
  • La Perla
  • Caribe Bake Shop
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

144 tracked store locations in Ohio. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Batuqui on the Falls (1)
  • Gually's Bakery & Restaurant (1)
  • Estilo Brazil Brazilian Store & Restaurant (1)
  • Sol (1)
  • Salar Restaurant and Lounge (1)
  • La Perla (1)
  • Caribe Bake Shop (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 I Irie Jamaican Kitchen 4
  • 2 T Taste of Jamaica 3
  • 3 T The Arepa Place 3
  • 4 P Pupuseria La Bendicion 2
  • 5 T T-Co Islands Restaurant 1
  • 6 I Iriejam Island Grill 1
  • 7 R Roza Caribbean restaurant 1
  • 8 M Mi Casa Sabor Latino 1
  • 9 E El Turpial True Flavors 1
  • 10 N Nuestro Sabor Boricua 1
  • 11 E Ena's Jerkmania 1
  • 12 P Palm Tree Jerk Restaurant 1
  • 13 L Lorain Pastelillo House 1
  • 14 C Caroreño fast food 1
  • 15 B Barroco Lakewood 1
  • 16 L Late night grill 1
  • 17 E El Sazón de Chayito 1
  • 18 N Nelly's 1
  • 19 B Bibi's Patties logo Bibi's Patties 1
  • 20 T Tapas Caribbean Kitchen 1
  • 21 C Chef Hiro 1
  • 22 E El Meson 1
  • 23 T The Gaucho & The Gringa 1
  • 24 O One Love Jamaican Restaurant 1
  • 25 T Taqueria Y Pupuseria Mari 1
  • 26 I Island Frydays 1
  • 27 K KJ's Caribbean and Soul Food 1
  • 28 L La Casa Del Mofongo 1
  • 29 L Lady Nay's Caribbean and Soul 1
  • 30 M Made in Puerto Rico 1
  • 31 A Abuela's Kitchen 1
  • 32 C Chef Carolyn's Exotic Cuisine 1
  • 33 M Mr. Jamaican Kitchen 1
  • 34 M Miss Lily's 1
  • 35 L Los Pachucos Taqueria 1
  • 36 E Empanadas Bocado 1
  • 37 F From Jamaica To You Takeout and Catering 1
  • 38 R Rincon Latino 1
  • 39 B Big Jays Place 1
  • 40 C Calypso Grill and Smokehouse 1
  • 41 C Chef Carolyn's Cafe 1
  • 42 C Cleveland Mofongo Latin Grill 1
  • 43 D Domerican Fusion 1
  • 44 E El Pulgarcito Salvadoran Latin Restaurant 1
  • 45 F Flavors of the Isle 1
  • 46 H Habanero Latin American Fare 1
  • 47 H Half Moon Bakery 1
  • 48 J Jerky's Jamaican Grill 1
  • 49 J Jibaro Latin Restaurant 1
  • 50 K Kike Salsa Restaurant 1

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