As fans of cronuts and cake pops can attest, food trends come and go. So how can you tell which tastes are trending today?
We took a data-driven look at the question, using Yelp to uncover which eateries have been getting outsized attention this month.
To find out who made the list, we looked at Atlanta 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 riding a trend right now.
Full Commission
Open since the summer of 2018, this cocktail bar, breakfast, brunch, dinner and New American spot is trending compared to other businesses categorized as "Breakfast & Brunch" on Yelp.
Citywide, breakfast and brunch spots saw a median 1.9 percent increase in new reviews over the past month, but Full Commission saw a 9.8 percent increase, with a slight upward trend from a four-star rating a month ago to 4.5 stars today. Moreover, on a month-to-month basis Full Commission's review count increased by more than 140 percent.
Located at 519 Memorial Drive SE, Suite C-01 in Grant Park, Full Commission offers what the Atlanta Journal-Constitution describes as brief but well-thought-out and expertly prepared menus for breakfast, brunch and dinner. It offers English muffin sandwiches like The Southern — with egg, ham, tomato relish and pimento cheese — and The Northern, with smoked salmon, pickled red onion and caper cream cheese. Another hit is the homemade Pop-Tart.
The Southern Gentleman
Whether or not you've been hearing buzz about Buckhead Village's The Southern Gentleman, the gastropub and Southern and New American spot is a hot topic according to Yelp review data.
While businesses categorized as "Southern" on Yelp saw a median 1.9 percent increase in new reviews over the past month, The Southern Gentleman bagged a 4.1 percent increase in new reviews within that timeframe, maintaining a mixed 3.5-star rating.
Open at 3035 Peachtree Road NE, Suite A208, in The Shops Buckhead Atlanta since early 2015, The Southern Gentleman offers an elegant space where a giant portrait of Mark Twain gazes down on diners. The fare would be familiar to the famous fan of American food. It includes small plates such as pickled fried green tomatoes, Carolina pulled pork, shrimp and grits and braised greens and entrees like rainbow trout, fried chicken, barbecue beef ribs and a smoked ribeye. Desserts include chocolate chess pie, sweet potato bourbon pecan pie and banana pudding.
New Realm Brewing
Poncey-Highland's New Realm Brewing is also making waves. Open since January 2018 at 550 Somerset Terrace NE, Unit 101, the popular brew pub and New American spot has seen a 7.3 percent bump in new reviews over the last month, compared to a median review increase of 1.9 percent for all businesses tagged "American (New)" on Yelp. Moreover, on a month-to-month basis New Realm Brewing's review count increased by more than 220 percent.
RateBeer this year named New Realm Brewing one of the 15 best new breweries in the world, according to pilotonline.com. Its mainstays range from a Belgian blonde to a New England IPA, and examples from a changing list of small-batch releases include a Russian imperial stout and a blackberry ginger lemon Belgian ale made. Over the past month, New Realm Brewing has maintained a sound four-star rating among Yelpers.
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