#Trending: What's heating up New York City's food scene this month

#Trending: What's heating up New York City's food scene this monthPhoto: Golden Diner/Yelp
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Published on July 17, 2019

Want the scoop on New York City's most talked-about local spots?

We took a data-driven look at the question, using Yelp to discover which restaurants have been seeing especially high review volumes this month.

To find out who made the list, we looked at New York City 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 this summer.

Zona De Cuba

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Open since May of 2019, this Cuban and Spanish spot is trending compared to other businesses categorized as "Cuban" on Yelp.

Citywide, Cuban spots saw a median 1.3 percent increase in new reviews over the past month, but Zona De Cuba saw a substantial 222.2 percent increase, with a slight upward trend from a 2.5-star rating a month ago to three stars today.

Located at 558 Grand Concourse in Concourse Village, Zona De Cuba offers seafood empanadas; a traditional Cuban soup with pork loin, beef, chicken and vegetables; and oxtail stew served with rice and beans. 

Posh Pop Bakeshop

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Whether or not you've been hearing buzz about Greenwich Village's Posh Pop Bakeshop, the gluten-free bakery, patisserie and cake shop is a hot topic, according to Yelp review data.

While businesses categorized as "Gluten-Free" on Yelp saw a median 1.4 percent increase in new reviews over the past month, Posh Pop Bakeshop bagged a 96 percent increase in new reviews within that timeframe, with a slight upward trend from a four-star rating a month ago to its current 4.5 stars. It significantly outperformed the previous month by gaining 3.4 times more reviews than expected, based on its past performance.

Open at 192 Bleecker St. since February of 2019, Posh Pop Bakeshop offers cakes, cookies, cheesecakes, cake pops and more. 

Rezdôra

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Flatiron District's Rezdôra is also making waves. Open since May 2019 at 27 E. 20th St., the Italian spot has seen a 64.7 percent bump in new reviews over the last month, compared to a median review increase of 2.1 percent for all businesses tagged "Italian" on Yelp.

Rezdôra offers pasta, salads, veal cheek and a 60-day dry-aged bone-in ribeye. Over the past month, it's maintained a solid four-star rating among Yelpers.

Golden Diner

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Two Bridges' Golden Diner is the city's buzziest diner by the numbers.

The diner and breakfast and brunch spot, which offers sandwiches and more at 123 Madison St., increased its new review count by 35.5 percent over the past month, an outlier when compared to the median new review count of 1.6 percent for the Yelp category "Diners."

Golden Diner offers a breakfast burrito with eggs, cheese and potatoes, a matzo ball soup with a homemade chicken broth, and a chicken club sandwich, among other dishes.


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