Craving comfort food?
Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top comfort food hot spots in Newark, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to achieve your dreams.
December is the top month of the year for consumer spending at restaurants across the Newark area, according to data on local business transactions from Womply, a provider of reputation management and business health for small businesses. Daily spending at Newark-area restaurants surged to $1,543 per business in December of last year, 12% higher than the average for the rest of the year.
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1. Vonda's Kitchen
First on the list is Vonda's Kitchen. Located at 183 W. Kinney St., it is the highest-rated comfort food spot in Newark, boasting four stars out of 360 reviews on Yelp.
2. R U Hungry?
Next up is R U Hungry?, situated at 164 University Ave. With four stars out of 10 reviews on Yelp, it has proven to be a local favorite.
3. O's Grill
And finally, Upper Vailsburg's O's Grill, located at 347 Sanford Ave., is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the Caribbean spot four stars out of 11 reviews.
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