Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

Iceflower tracks 84 stores from 33 family restaurants & diners in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA. The Original Mels Diner grew fastest over the last year, ahead of IHOP and Denny'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
33
Tracked stores
84
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. The Original Mels Diner and IHOP sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Original Mels Diner - +12.2%
2 I IHOP logo IHOP - +4.2%
3 D Denny's logo Denny's - +3.6%
4 B Black Bear Diner logo Black Bear Diner - -4.6%
5 M Mimi's Cafe logo Mimi's Cafe - -37.0%
  • Black Bear Diner
  • IHOP
  • Denny's
  • The Original Mels Diner
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • The Morning Fork
  • Original Mels Diner
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

84 tracked store locations in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Black Bear Diner (8)
  • IHOP (15)
  • Denny's (20)
  • The Original Mels Diner (5)
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (2)
  • The Morning Fork (1)
  • Original Mels Diner (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Denny's logo Denny's 20
  • 2 I IHOP logo IHOP 15
  • 3 B Black Bear Diner logo Black Bear Diner 8
  • 4 T The Original Mels Diner 5
  • 5 M Mimi's Cafe logo Mimi's Cafe 4
  • 6 C Crest Cafe 2
  • 7 S Sarom's Southern Kitchen 2
  • 8 L Loree's Little Shack 2
  • 9 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 2
  • 10 G Gumbo King 1
  • 11 C Colos’ Soul Food & Seafood 1
  • 12 J Jim Denny's American Diner 1
  • 13 S Silver Skillet Diner 1
  • 14 M Mel's Diner logo Mel's Diner 1
  • 15 V Vela Cafe 1
  • 16 D Dinky Diner 1
  • 17 M Mom's Kitchen 1
  • 18 T The Hen House 1
  • 19 T Tim's Kitchen 1
  • 20 M Mr. Perry's Coffee Shop 1
  • 21 L Lil Joe's 1
  • 22 C Chubby's Diner 1
  • 23 C Creekside Diner 1
  • 24 K Kountry Kitchen 1
  • 25 M Marie Callender's logo Marie Callender's 1
  • 26 E Eppies Restaurant 1
  • 27 B Bert's Diner 1
  • 28 R Roc & Soul Virtual Diner 1
  • 29 O Original Mikes Diner 1
  • 30 L Lumberjacks Restaurant 1
  • 31 W Waffle Shop 1
  • 32 O Original Mels Diner 1
  • 33 T The Morning Fork 1

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