Trends · data through July 2026

Restaurants in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Iceflower tracks 2,508 stores from 1,995 restaurants chains in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Manna BBQ grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Taco Stand and Sombrero Mexican Food.

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
1,995
Tracked stores
2,508
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked restaurants 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. Manna BBQ and The Taco Stand sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Manna BBQ logo Manna BBQ ▲3 +17.1%
2 T The Taco Stand ▲2 +16.7%
3 S Sombrero Mexican Food logo Sombrero Mexican Food ▲1 +14.6%
4 H Harumama ▲3 +13.8%
5 C Crab Pub ▲3 +13.6%
6 L Lolita's Mexican Food logo Lolita's Mexican Food ▲1 +7.2%
7 T Texas Roadhouse logo Texas Roadhouse - +6.3%
8 V Valerie's Taco Shop logo Valerie's Taco Shop ▲3 +5.7%
9 M Marieta's ▲3 +5.3%
10 T Tabu Sushi Bar & Grill ▲1 +4.3%
11 L Luna Grill logo Luna Grill ▲1 +3.7%
12 L L&L Hawaiian Barbecue logo L&L Hawaiian Barbecue ▲3 +3.2%
13 O Olive Garden logo Olive Garden - +3.1%
14 B bb.q Chicken logo bb.q Chicken ▲3 +2.6%
15 A Applebee's Grill + Bar logo Applebee's Grill + Bar ▲2 +1.8%
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • Denny's
  • Texas Roadhouse
  • The Cheesecake Factory
  • Olive Garden
  • BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,508 tracked store locations in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Chili's Grill & Bar (9)
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill (40)
  • Denny's (35)
  • Texas Roadhouse (3)
  • The Cheesecake Factory (5)
  • Olive Garden (6)
  • BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse (6)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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