Wondering where Las Vegas'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 deduce which eateries have been in the limelight this month.
To find out who made the list, we looked at Las Vegas 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 extra hot this summer.
Hatsumi
Open since May, this cocktail bar and Japanese spot is trending compared to other businesses categorized as "Cocktail Bars" on Yelp.
Citywide, cocktail bars saw a median 3.5 percent increase in new reviews over the past month, but Hatsumi saw an impressive 143.8 percent increase, maintaining a sterling five-star rating throughout.
Located at 1028 Fremont in downtown Las Vegas, Hatsumi offers kimchi plates, snacks and skewers alongside an array of libations. Check out the full menu here.
Vesta Coffee Roasters
Meadows Village's Vesta Coffee Roasters is also making waves. Open since 2016 at 1114 S. Casino Center Blvd., the popular coffee roastery and brunch spot has seen a 4.9 percent bump in new reviews over the last month, compared to a median review increase of 2.3 percent for all businesses tagged "Breakfast & Brunch" on Yelp. Moreover, on a month-to-month basis, Vesta Coffee Roasters' review count increased by more than 500 percent.
Vesta Coffee Roasters offers roastable bags of coffee, as well as in-house lattes, croissants and breakfast tacos. The cafe also sells books, clothing and drinkware. Over the past month, it's maintained a sound 4.5-star rating among Yelpers.
Du-Pars Restaurant and Bakery
Summerlin North's Du-Pars Restaurant and Bakery is the city's buzziest traditional American spot by the numbers.
The well-established bakery and traditional American breakfast and brunch spot, which opened at 9090 Alta Drive in 2016, increased its new review count by 4.4 percent over the past month, an outlier when compared to the median new review count of 2.5 percent for the Yelp category "American (Traditional)." It outperformed the previous month by gaining 2.2 times more reviews than expected based on past performance.
Du-Pars Restaurant and Bakery offers breakfast, lunch and dinner fare, which includes pancakes, omelets and cinnamon rolls, as well as sandwiches, New York strip steak and a turkey dinner.
Esther's Kitchen
Meadows Village's popular Esther's Kitchen is currently on the upswing in the pizza category on Yelp.
While businesses categorized as "Pizza" on Yelp saw a median 2.7 percent increase in new reviews over the past month, this cocktail bar and Italian and pizza spot increased its new reviews by 8 percent—and kept its rating consistent at 4.5 stars. Review counts increased by more than 280 percent on a month-to-month basis.
Open for business at 1130 S. Casino Center Blvd. since, January, the restaurant offers such pizzas as the bacon pie with caramelized onions, fontina cheese, egg and saba.
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