Kwick365The Independent Restaurant Index

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Independent restaurants on September 26, 2026

Data as of — 23 readings published, each with the number of restaurants behind it. Days with too little data to publish are not on this page at all.

What moved

Readings that changed by at least 3% against the day before, biggest move first. Both ends of every comparison are published, adequately covered days — a thin day is never one of them.

Everything published on this day

Every Kwick365 reading and price index with a published cell for September 26, 2026. A dash in a change column means there was no comparable earlier day to measure against.

Every Kwick365 reading and price index published on September 26, 2026.
ReadingValue vs the day beforevs a week before Sample
Online order ticket median $ per order $36.95 +6.6% −0.4% 863 restaurants, 12,306 orders
Online tip rate median tip ÷ subtotal 15.0% no change no change 863 restaurants, 1,675 tipped orders — 13.6% of 12,306 orders
Items per online order line items per order 3.0 +50% no change 863 restaurants, 12,306 orders
Online orders per restaurant orders per active restaurant 14.3 −11% −5.9% 863 restaurants, 12,306 orders
In-store ticket median of each restaurant’s average ticket $37.86 +11% +0.8% 1,763 restaurants, 170,436 orders
In-store orders per restaurant median orders per restaurant 75.0 −8.5% −1.3% 1,763 restaurants, 170,436 orders
Restaurants trading in store restaurants 1,763 −1.1% +0.1% 1,763 restaurants, 170,436 orders
Restaurants in the index restaurants 1,961 +0.1% — counted from the menu index on the build date
Median Google rating stars out of 5 4.3 no change — 1,667 restaurants with 50 or more Google reviews
Rated 4.5 or better share of rated restaurants 34.0% no change — 1,667 restaurants with 50 or more Google reviews
Taco (single) median listed price, per taco $5.99 no change — 832 menu items from 84 restaurants
Burrito median listed price, each $11.99 no change — 706 menu items from 77 restaurants
Pho (regular bowl) median listed price, per bowl $14.25 no change — 224 menu items from 34 restaurants
Pizza slice median listed price, per slice $4.50 no change — 260 menu items from 41 restaurants
Large pizza median listed price, per pie $21.99 no change — 46 menu items from 20 restaurants
Burger (basic) median listed price, each $13.00 no change — 159 menu items from 37 restaurants
California roll median listed price, per roll $7.00 no change — 316 menu items from 230 restaurants
Ramen (basic bowl) median listed price, per bowl $15.50 no change — 793 menu items from 133 restaurants
Wings (10 pc) median listed price, per 10 pc $10.99 no change — 57 menu items from 43 restaurants
Chicken fried rice median listed price, per order $11.97 +0.2% — 528 menu items from 388 restaurants
Pad Thai median listed price, per order $14.99 no change — 61 menu items from 28 restaurants
Coffee (regular drip) median listed price, per cup $3.49 no change — 112 menu items from 46 restaurants
Margarita (house) median listed price, each $10.00 no change — 287 menu items from 123 restaurants

How the metros ranked

Of the 2 metros that cleared the publication threshold on this day, Houston, TX ($40.82) was the highest and Atlanta, GA ($35.86) the lowest.

Median online order ticket by metro on September 26, 2026.

Median online order ticket by metro on September 26, 2026.
MetroMedian $ per orderRestaurantsOrders
Houston, TX$40.82781,037
Atlanta, GA$35.861422,479
Orlando, FLNot enough data on this day
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FLNot enough data on this day
San Francisco Bay Area, CANot enough data on this day
Los Angeles, CANot enough data on this day
Tampa Bay, FLNot enough data on this day

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