10 High Growth Restaurant Stocks For 2025

5. First Watch Restaurant Group Inc. (NASDAQ:FWRG)

First Watch Restaurant Group Inc. runs a daytime-only restaurant chain under the First Watch Trade name and serves brunch, lunch, and breakfast. Its stock is down 10% for the year and currently trading below its IPO price. This could change once the company resolves its traffic problem, which isn’t entirely of its own making. It is an industry-wide issue expected to ease in 2025.

The growth rate of 24% may not be sustainable for FWRG but this doesn’t undermine the company’s growth story in any way. This month, the company announced that it had achieved its target of 25 new store openings in Q4, despite minor delays at some locations. More openings are expected this year as the CEO Chris Tomasso updated the company’s shareholders:

 In 2025, we plan to build on our leading position in the Daytime Dining category through a robust real estate pipeline and with our talented team committed to driving our long-term growth strategy.