Unsure where Philadelphia'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 Philadelphia 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 getting plenty of attention this summer.
Pretty Girls Cook
Open since 2018, this traditional American and breakfast and brunch spot is trending compared to other businesses categorized as "Breakfast & Brunch" on Yelp.
Citywide, breakfast and brunch spots saw a median 1.7 percent increase in new reviews over the past month, but Pretty Girls Cook saw a 14.1 percent increase, maintaining a healthy four-star rating throughout.
Located at 1016 N. Marshall St. in East Poplar, Pretty Girls Cook offers braised beef short rib sandwiches, salmon-stuffed pita pockets and wings.
New Leaf 2 Chinese & Japanese Cuisine
Whether or not you've been hearing buzz about Manayunk's New Leaf 2 Chinese & Japanese Cuisine, the bar and Chinese and Japanese spot is a hot topic according to Yelp review data.
While businesses categorized as "Bars" on Yelp saw a median 1.9 percent increase in new reviews over the past month, New Leaf 2 Chinese & Japanese Cuisine bagged a 30.3 percent increase in new reviews within that timeframe, maintaining a solid 4.5-star rating.
Open at 4260 Main St. since 2019, New Leaf 2 Chinese & Japanese Cuisine offers street fare like rib-eye beef scallion rolls and pan-fried seafood noodles.
Harper's Garden
Rittenhouse's Harper's Garden is also making waves. Open since 2018 at 31 S. 18th St., the popular cocktail bar and New American spot, which offers tapas and more, has seen a 14.3 percent bump in new reviews over the last month, compared to a median review increase of 2.1 percent for all businesses tagged "American (New)" on Yelp. Moreover, on a month-to-month basis Harper's Garden's review count increased by more than 310 percent.
Harper's Garden offers Icelandic cod and buttermilk fried chicken sandwiches. Over the past month, it's maintained a healthy four-star rating among Yelpers.
Oh Brother Philly
Old City's Oh Brother Philly is the city's buzziest sandwich spot by the numbers.
The popular spot to score cheesesteaks, burgers and sandwiches, which opened at 206 Market St. in 2018, increased its new review count by 12.4 percent over the past month, an outlier when compared to the median new review count of 2.1 percent for the Yelp category "Sandwiches." It outperformed the previous month by gaining 1.5 times more reviews than expected based on past performance.
Oh Brother Philly offers cheesesteaks, truffle burgers and smoked brisket sandwiches.
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