Food trends come and go. So how can you tell which tastes are trending today?
We took a data-driven look at the question, using Yelp to discover which eateries have been getting a significant uptick in attention 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 extra cool, right now.
Milan's Pizzeria
Open since June 2019, this pasta shop, which offers pizza, chicken wings and more, is trending compared to other businesses categorized as "Pizza" on Yelp.
Citywide, pizza spots saw a median 1.2% increase in new reviews over the past month, but Milan's Pizzeria saw a 56% increase, maintaining a healthy 4.5-star rating throughout. Moreover, on a month-to-month basis Milan's Pizzeria's review count increased by more than 470%.
It's not the only trending outlier in the pizza category: Grub House has seen a 12.2% increase in reviews, and Ghost Pizza Kitchen has seen a 7.4% bump.
Located at 9061 Van Nuys Blvd. in Panorama City, Milan's Pizzeria offers barbecue chicken pizza, chicken pesto pizza and the Milan's Special, with ground beef, pepperoni, sausage, jalapeno, onions and cilantro. View the selection of specialty pizzas here.
Milan's Pizzeria is open from 9 a.m.–12:30 a.m. daily.
Main Chick Hot Chicken
Whether or not you've been hearing buzz about Sawtelle's Main Chick Hot Chicken, the popular spot to score chicken wings and sandwiches is a hot topic according to Yelp review data.
While businesses categorized as "Sandwiches" on Yelp saw a median 1.2% increase in new reviews over the past month, Main Chick Hot Chicken bagged a 19.4% increase in new reviews within that time frame, with a slight upward trend from a four-star rating a month ago to its current 4.5 stars.
"Main Chick Hot Chicken is a passion-inspired food concept serving the most unique Nashville-style fried chicken to date," reads its Yelp page. "We serve hot chicken with spices ranging from mild to some of the hottest peppers in the world."
Open at 11419 Santa Monica Blvd. since December 2019, Main Chick Hot Chicken specializes in Nashville hot chicken sandwiches.
Main Chick Hot Chicken is open from 11 a.m.–11 p.m. on Monday-Thursday and 11 a.m.–midnight on Friday-Sunday.
Egg Tuck
Koreatown's Egg Tuck is also making waves. Open since October 2018 at 3881 Wilshire Blvd., the popular breakfast and brunch spot, which offers sandwiches, has seen a 4.4% bump in new reviews over the last month, compared to a median review increase of 0.6% for all businesses tagged "Breakfast & Brunch" on Yelp.
Specializing in a premium egg sandwich concept from Korea served on made-in-house brioche buns, Egg Tuck prepares one sandwich at a time, according to its Yelp page.
There's more than one hot spot trending in Los Angeles' breakfast and brunch category: Wake and Late has seen a 3.9% increase in reviews.
Egg Tuck's breakfast sandwich menu features bacon and egg, avocado and egg, and ham and cheese. Over the past month, it's maintained a convincing 4.5-star rating among Yelpers.
Egg Tuck is open from 8 a.m.–1:30 p.m. daily.
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