Want the scoop on Los Angeles's buzziest local spots?
We took a data-driven look at the question, using Yelp to deduce which restaurants have been in the spotlight this month.
To find out who made the list, we looked at Los Angeles 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, right now.
Bake Cheese Tart
Open since October 2019, this bakery, which offers desserts and more, is trending compared to other businesses categorized as "Desserts" on Yelp.
Citywide, dessert spots saw a median 1.8% increase in new reviews over the past month, but BAKE Cheese Tart saw a dramatic 366.7% increase, maintaining a convincing four-star rating throughout.
Located at 10250 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2900 in Century City, BAKE Cheese Tart offers a variety of cheese tart flavours like matcha, strawberry and chocolate.
Fruzion
Whether or not you've been hearing buzz about Northridge's Fruzion, the creperie, which offers breakfast and brunch and more, is a hot topic according to Yelp review data.
While businesses categorized as "Breakfast & Brunch" on Yelp saw a median 1.3% increase in new reviews over the past month, Fruzion bagged a staggering 183.3% increase in new reviews within that time frame, maintaining a sterling five-star rating.
There's more that's trending on Los Angeles's breakfast and brunch scene: Basil's Deli & Cafe has seen a 50% increase in reviews.
Open at 9000 Reseda Blvd., Suite 103 since September 2019, Fruzion offers sweet and savoury crepes, waffles and fruit cocktails.
Fruzion is open from 10 a.m.–10 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday and 10 a.m.–midnight on Friday and Saturday.
The Kluckin Chicken
Melrose's The Kluckin Chicken is the city's buzziest chicken shop by the numbers.
The chicken shop, which has been open at 5022 Melrose Ave. since the summer of 2019, increased its new review count by a substantial 285.2% over the past month, an outlier when compared to the median new review count of 4.5% for the Yelp category "Chicken Shop." It outperformed the previous month by gaining 19.2 times more reviews than expected based on past performance.
The Kluckin Chicken offers fried chicken sandwiches, chicken tenders, fried chicken wraps and sides like fried pickles, french fries and coleslaw. View the menu here.
The Kluckin Chicken is open from 11 a.m.–2 a.m. daily.
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