Want the intel on Sacramento's most happening local spots?
We took a data-driven look at the question, using Yelp to analyze which local businesses have been most discussed this month.
To find out who made the list, we looked at Sacramento 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.
Oak Park Brewing Co.
Open since June, this brewery and pub, which offers burgers and more, is trending compared to other businesses categorized as "Burgers" on Yelp.
Citywide, burger spots saw a median 4.5% increase in new reviews over the past month, but Oak Park Brewing Co. saw a substantial 208.3% increase, maintaining a convincing four-star rating throughout.
It's not the only trending outlier in the burger category: Culinerdy Kitchen has seen a 178.3% increase in reviews, and Burger Patch has seen a 26.4% bump.
Located at 3514 Broadway in North Oak Park, Oak Park Brewing Co. offers a variety of burgers like the pub burger, the mushroom cheeseburger, a blackened duck burger and the Beyond plant-based burger.
Zocalo
Whether or not you've been hearing buzz about Sierra Oaks's Zocalo, the bar, Mexican and breakfast and brunch spot is a hot topic, according to Yelp review data.
While businesses categorized as "Breakfast & Brunch" on Yelp saw a median 1.7% increase in new reviews over the past month, Zocalo bagged a 6.5% increase in new reviews within that timeframe, maintaining a strong 4.5-star rating.
There's more that's trending on Sacramento's breakfast and brunch scene: Echo & Rig has seen a 5.8 percent increase in reviews, and Huckleberry's and Hot Off The Griddle have seen 5.8 and 4.9 percent increases, respectively.
Open at 466 Howe Ave. since January 2018, Zocalo offers brunch items like chilaquiles, huevos rancheros, scrambled eggs with chrorizo, French toast, mimosas and more.
Ono Hawaiian BBQ
RP - Sports Complex's Ono Hawaiian BBQ is also making waves. Open since April at 2800 Del Paso Road, Suite 200, the Hawaiian spot, which offers barbecue and seafood, has seen a 17.4% bump in new reviews over the last month, compared to a median review increase of 2.3% for all businesses tagged "Seafood" on Yelp.
There's more than one hot spot trending in Sacramento's seafood category: Allora has seen a 7.2% increase in reviews.
Ono Hawaiian BBQ offers crispy shrimp, white fish, Spam, coconuts, Hawaiian barbecue beef and more. Over the past month, it's seen its Yelp rating tick down from four stars to 3.5 stars.
Beast and Bounty
Midtown's Beast and Bounty is the city's buzziest New American spot by the numbers.
The popular New American spot, which opened at 1701 R St. in July 2018, increased its new review count by 6.5% over the past month, an outlier when compared to the median new review count of 1.7% for the Yelp category "American (New)."
Beast and Bounty offers vegan pizza, pan-seared okra, ceviche, grilled chicken sandwiches, burgers and more.
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