Want the inside word on Miami's most talked-about local spots?
We took a data-driven look at the question, using Yelp to deduce which local businesses have been getting extra notice this month.
To find out who made the list, we looked at Miami businesses on Yelp by category and counted how many reviews each received. Rather than compare them based on number of reviews alone, we calculated a percentage increase in reviews over the past month, and tracked businesses that consistently increase their volume of reviews to identify statistically significant outliers compared to past performance.
Read on to see which spots are extra cool this spring.
La Placita
Open since January of 2019, this Latin American and Puerto Rican spot is trending compared to other businesses categorized as "Latin American" on Yelp.
Citywide, Latin American spots saw a median 3.4 percent increase in new reviews over the past month, but La Placita saw a 50.4 percent increase, maintaining a mixed three-star rating throughout.
It's not the only trending outlier in the Latin American category: Latin Cafe 2000 has seen a 25.6 percent increase in reviews.
Located at 6789 Biscayne Blvd., La Placita offers croquetas de pollo (chicken croquettes), empanadillas de jueyes (blue land crab turnovers), chicharrones de pollo (made with chicken) and two mofongos—one with shrimp and the other with crab from Loiza.
Brickell Kitchen
Whether or not you've been hearing buzz about Brickell Kitchen, the popular breakfast and brunch spot, which offers sandwiches and desserts, is a hot topic according to Yelp review data.
While businesses categorized as "Breakfast & Brunch" on Yelp saw a median 2.9 percent increase in new reviews over the past month, Brickell Kitchen bagged a 19 percent increase in new reviews within that timeframe, maintaining a convincing four-star rating. It significantly outperformed the previous month by gaining 2.4 times more reviews than expected based on its past performance.
Open at 1250 S. Miami Ave., Suite 6 since September 2018, Brickell Kitchen offers favorites like fried chicken French toast; the Gallego omelette with chorizo, toast and house potatoes; a veggie wrap with scrambled eggs, kale, mushrooms, onions and red and green peppers; and sweets like guava flan, chocolate croissants and more.
New York Pizza & Restaurant
Downtown Miami's New York Pizza & Restaurant is also making waves. Open since summer 2018 at 245 N.E. 14th St., Suite 103, the Italian spot, which offers pizza and more, has seen a 35.3 percent bump in new reviews over the last month, compared to a median review increase of 6.5 percent for all businesses tagged "Italian" on Yelp. Moreover, on a month-to-month basis New York Pizza & Restaurant's review count increased by more than 200 percent.
New York Pizza & Restaurant's big draw is its foldable slices of New York style pizza, which has ricotta, pepperoni and meatballs. The menu also features large pizzas like Chicken BBQ (chunks of grilled chicken smothered in barbecue sauce) and a Hawaiian pizza (comes with ham and pineapples). Over the past month, it's maintained a convincing four-star rating among Yelpers.
LaMuse Cafe
Downtown Miami's LaMuse Cafe is the city's buzziest cocktail bar by the numbers.
The well-established cocktail bar and breakfast and brunch spot, which offers coffee and tea and more and opened at 270 Biscayne Blvd. Way, Suite 102 since spring of 2017, increased its new review count by 7.9 percent over the past month, an outlier when compared to the median new review count of 3.4 percent for the Yelp category "Cocktail Bars." It outperformed the previous month by gaining 2.2 times more reviews than expected based on past performance.
LaMuse Cafe offers wine-based, handcrafted cocktails named after a variety of artists--from Mexican surrealists to pop artists. Try Frida’s Margarita (tequila, agave simple, lime, orange bitters and garnished with Lavender Spring and Black Salt) or Warhol’s Guava Punch (Sake, Guava Purée, Citrus, Honey Simple). For more options, see the menu.
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