Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Pennsylvania

Iceflower tracks 680 stores from 381 family restaurants & diners in Pennsylvania. Keystone Restaurant grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Nifty Fifty's and Friendly's.

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
381
Tracked stores
680
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. Keystone Restaurant and Nifty Fifty's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Keystone Restaurant - +19.4%
2 N Nifty Fifty's logo Nifty Fifty's - +18.7%
3 F Friendly's logo Friendly's ▲1 +11.5%
4 V Valley Dairy Restaurant logo Valley Dairy Restaurant ▲1 +5.5%
5 P Perkins American Food Co. logo Perkins American Food Co. - +5.0%
6 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans ▲1 +1.3%
7 W Waffle House logo Waffle House - +0.9%
8 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - +0.8%
9 E Eat'n Park logo Eat'n Park - -1.9%
10 F Freedom Square Diner ▼1 -7.9%
11 D Denny's logo Denny's ▼1 -10.3%
12 I IHOP logo IHOP - -12.8%
13 M Metro Diner logo Metro Diner - -12.8%
14 H Hoss's Steak & Sea House logo Hoss's Steak & Sea House ▼1 -27.8%
  • Eat'n Park
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • Bob Evans
  • Denny's
  • Perkins American Food Co.
  • IHOP
  • Friendly's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

680 tracked store locations in Pennsylvania. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Eat'n Park (57)
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (25)
  • Bob Evans (32)
  • Denny's (34)
  • Perkins American Food Co. (41)
  • IHOP (28)
  • Friendly's (17)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 E Eat'n Park logo Eat'n Park 57
  • 2 P Perkins American Food Co. logo Perkins American Food Co. 41
  • 3 D Denny's logo Denny's 34
  • 4 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans 32
  • 5 I IHOP logo IHOP 28
  • 6 H Hoss's Steak & Sea House logo Hoss's Steak & Sea House 27
  • 7 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 25
  • 8 F Friendly's logo Friendly's 17
  • 9 W Waffle House logo Waffle House 10
  • 10 V Valley Dairy Restaurant logo Valley Dairy Restaurant 6
  • 11 N Nifty Fifty's logo Nifty Fifty's 5
  • 12 F Freedom Square Diner 4
  • 13 P Pamela's Diner logo Pamela's Diner 3
  • 14 K Keystone Restaurant 3
  • 15 M Metro Diner logo Metro Diner 3
  • 16 V Valley View Diner 2
  • 17 M Middlesex Diner 2
  • 18 B Bob's Diner 2
  • 19 D Dutch Pantry 2
  • 20 S Sunrise Diner 2
  • 21 B Billy's Downtown Diner 2
  • 22 M Michael's Family Restaurant 2
  • 23 L Lincoln Diner 2
  • 24 D Dolly's Diner 2
  • 25 C Country View Diner 2
  • 26 C Country Cafe 2
  • 27 M Mama's Diner 2
  • 28 H Huddle House logo Huddle House 2
  • 29 K Kelly O's Diner 2
  • 30 R Round the Clock Diner 2
  • 31 L Lyndon Diner 2
  • 32 T Tic Toc Family Restaurant 1
  • 33 R Route 61 Diner 1
  • 34 M Maraschino Diner 1
  • 35 E Eggcellent Cafe 1
  • 36 S Silver Spoon Diner 1
  • 37 F Freeland Diner 1
  • 38 C City Star Diner 1
  • 39 C Country Kitchen logo Country Kitchen 1
  • 40 S Scotrun Diner 1
  • 41 T The Scratch Kitchen and Anthracite Room 1
  • 42 P Pine Grove Diner 1
  • 43 H Hash N Smash 1
  • 44 S Sage Diner 1
  • 45 C Champ's Diner 1
  • 46 C Clark's Diner 1
  • 47 Q Quaker Diner 1
  • 48 T Totin's Diner 1
  • 49 C Collegeville Diner 1
  • 50 B Breakfast at Tiffany's 1

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