Food trends come and go. So how can you tell which tastes are trending at this very moment?
We took a data-driven look at the question, using Yelp to analyze which restaurants have been most discussed 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 have the momentum heading into the end of the year.
Frost Bistro & Bar
Open since 2019, this New American spot is trending compared to other businesses categorized as "American (New)" on Yelp.
Citywide, New American spots saw a median 1.3% increase in new reviews over the past month, but Frost Bistro & Bar saw an impressive 325% increase, with a slight downward trend from a three-star rating a month ago to 2.5 stars today.
It's not the only trending outlier in the New American category: Redbird has seen a 43.5% increase in reviews, and Flower Child and Howell's Kitchen and Bar have seen 5.3% and 1.9% increases, respectively.
Located at 281 Peters St. SW, Frost Bistro & Bar offers a wide variety of wines and more.
The Painted Duck
The Painted Duck is also making waves. Open since 2017 at 976 Brady Ave. NW, the popular bar and bowling spot has seen a 5.9% bump in new reviews over the last month, compared to a median review increase of 1.5% for all businesses tagged "Bars" on Yelp. Moreover, on a month-to-month basis, The Painted Duck's review count increased by more than 370%.
The Painted Duck offers French bread pizza and more on the menu. It also offers games such as duckpin bowling and horseshoes. Over the past month, it's maintained a strong four-star rating among Yelpers.
Cultivate Food and Coffee
Cultivate Food and Coffee is the city's buzziest breakfast and brunch spot by the numbers.
The well-established breakfast and brunch spot, which offers coffee and tea and more and opened at 1952 Howell Mill Road, Suite #200, in 2019, increased its new review count by 5.5% over the past month, an outlier when compared to the median new review count of 1.4% for the Yelp category "Breakfast & Brunch."
With four stars on Yelp, Cultivate Food and Coffee offers pumpkin spice beignets, lobster omelets and more on the menu.
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