Curious where New York City's in-the-know crowd is eating and drinking? It's easy to spot lines out the door, but some underlying trends are harder to see.
We took a data-driven look at the question, using Yelp to analyze which eateries have been on the tips of diners' tongues this month.
To find out who made the list, we looked at New York City 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 increased their volume of reviews to identify statistically significant outliers compared to past performance.
Read on to see which spots are on a hot streak, right now.
Mexicue
The Upper East Side's Mexicue is also making waves. Open at 1429 Third Ave. (between 80th and 81st streets), the Mexican breakfast and brunch spot has seen a 23.9 percent bump in new reviews over the last month, compared to a median review increase of 2.1 percent for all businesses tagged "Breakfast & Brunch" on Yelp. Moreover, on a month-to-month basis Mexicue's review count increased by more than 420 percent.
Mexicue offers a cornbread French toast with cinnamon butter and seasonal fruit, breakfast tacos with scrambled eggs and bacon and a breakfast bowl with eggs, brown rice, black beans and avocado. Over the past month, it's maintained a superior 4.5-star rating among Yelpers.
Posh Pop Bakeshop
Greenwich Village's Posh Pop Bakeshop is the city's buzziest bakery by the numbers.
The bakery, patisserie and cake shop, which opened at 192 Bleecker St. (between Avenue Of The Americas and Downing Street) in February of 2019, increased its new review count by 36.1 percent over the past month, an outlier when compared to the median new review count of 1.5 percent for the Yelp category "Bakeries."
Posh Pop Bakeshop offers gluten-free cakes, cookies, cake pops and cheesecakes. Try the red velvet cookie stuffed with Nutella or the peanut butter fudge cake.
Estiatorio Milos
Chelsea's Estiatorio Milos is currently on the upswing in the seafood category on Yelp.
While businesses categorized as "Seafood" on Yelp saw a median 2.2 percent increase in new reviews over the past month, this Greek and Mediterranean spot increased its new reviews by 45.7 percent — with its Yelp rating improving from 3.5 stars to four stars.
Open for business at 20 Hudson Yards since 2019, the business offers a raw bar with clams and oysters, as well as seafood entrees featuring lobster, tuna, salmon and more.
Marie's 2
This Italian spot, which offers pizza and salads, is trending compared to other businesses categorized as "Italian" on Yelp.
Citywide, businesses tagged "Italian" saw a median 2 percent increase in new reviews over the past month, but Marie's 2 saw a 24.4 percent increase, with a slight upward trend from a four-star rating a month ago to 4.5 stars today. It gained 0.7 times more reviews than expected based on past performance, significantly outperforming the previous month.
Located at 5 Hyatt St. in St. George, Marie's 2 offers garlic cheese sticks served with a marinara sauce, salmon bruschetta with goat cheese, pizzas, calzones, pastas and more.
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