Trends · data through September 2026

Casual Dining in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Iceflower tracks 983 stores from 714 casual dining chains in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Copper Canyon Grill grew fastest over the last year, ahead of LongHorn Steakhouse and Chili's Grill & Bar.

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
714
Tracked stores
983
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked casual dining 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. Copper Canyon Grill and LongHorn Steakhouse sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Copper Canyon Grill logo Copper Canyon Grill ▲2 +11.9%
2 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse - +11.1%
3 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar - +9.6%
4 D Dog Haus logo Dog Haus ▲2 +8.5%
5 B Ben's Chili Bowl ▲1 +6.9%
6 T Texas Roadhouse logo Texas Roadhouse - +6.2%
7 O Olive Garden logo Olive Garden - +2.1%
8 O Outback Steakhouse logo Outback Steakhouse - +2.0%
9 B Busboys and Poets logo Busboys and Poets - +1.4%
10 R Red Lobster logo Red Lobster ▲2 -2.7%
11 H Hard Times Cafe logo Hard Times Cafe ▲1 -4.1%
12 T The Hive - -4.8%
13 R Red Robin Gourmet Burgers logo Red Robin Gourmet Burgers - -5.5%
14 R Ruby Tuesday logo Ruby Tuesday - -5.6%
15 G Gregorio's Trattoria ▲2 -5.8%
  • Texas Roadhouse
  • Olive Garden
  • Outback Steakhouse
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • LongHorn Steakhouse
  • Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
  • Red Lobster
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

983 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Texas Roadhouse (8)
  • Olive Garden (13)
  • Outback Steakhouse (23)
  • Chili's Grill & Bar (12)
  • LongHorn Steakhouse (12)
  • Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (13)
  • Red Lobster (13)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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