Curious where New Orleans'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 local businesses have been getting extra notice this month.
To find out who made the list, we looked at New Orleans 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.
Daisy Mae's Southern Fried Chicken & Breakfast
Open since last October, this 24-hour comfort food spot is trending compared to other businesses categorized as "Breakfast & Brunch" on Yelp.
Citywide, breakfast and brunch spots saw a median 2.4% increase in new reviews over the past month, but Daisy Mae's Southern Fried Chicken & Breakfast saw a 21.9% increase, maintaining a solid four-star rating throughout.
It's not the only trending outlier in the breakfast and brunch category: French Toast has seen a 9.7% increase in reviews.
Located at 920 Poydras St. in the Warehouse District, Daisy Mae's Southern Fried Chicken & Breakfast specializes in fried chicken, but it also serves omelets, pancakes, biscuits and sausage and more for breakfast, and gumbo, po'boys, salads, fried shrimp and more for lunch.
BOIL Seafood House
Whether or not you've been hearing buzz about East Riverside's BOIL Seafood House, the seafood spot is a hot topic according to Yelp review data.
While businesses categorized as "Seafood" on Yelp saw a median 1.8% increase in new reviews over the past month, BOIL Seafood House bagged a 15.7% increase in new reviews within that time frame, maintaining a convincing four-star rating. It significantly outperformed the previous month by gaining 1.5 times more reviews than expected based on its past performance.
Open at 3340 Magazine St. since April 2018, BOIL Seafood House serves fresh seafood, including oysters, shrimp, crab, mussels, lobster and crawfish in a variety of ways. Gumbo, salads, alligator bites and chicken wings are also on the menu.
Maypop Restaurant
Central Business District's Maypop Restaurant is also making waves. Open since 2016 at 611 O'Keefe St., the popular New American and dim sum spot has seen a 5.5% bump in new reviews over the last month, compared to a median review increase of 1.9% for all businesses tagged "American (New)" on Yelp. Moreover, on a month-to-month basis, Maypop Restaurant's review count increased by more than 210%.
Maypop Restaurant offers soups, salads, curries, noodle dishes, short ribs, fish and more for lunch and dinner, and dim sum for its weekend brunch. The restaurant also serves wine, cocktails and desserts. Over the past month, it's maintained a superior 4.5-star rating among Yelpers.
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