Many takoyaki restaurants also serve okonomiyaki (savory pancake with various ingredients), and at the time of Hatsumode (the first prayer at Shinto shrine and/or temple of the new year) and festivals, many food wagons dealing in takoyaki are set up.
たこ焼きと同時にお好み焼きを扱う店舗も多く、初詣や祭り等では屋台も多く現れる。