Welcome back to our series on most talked about eateries! We’re closing out the summer with a mini-series on the most popular restaurants in major U.S. cities, as measured by how many people post online reviews about them. You can read our quick primer about the series here. As a recap:
- Consumers overwhelmingly use online reviews to decide which restaurants they’ll patronize
- They mostly care about recent reviews
- Restaurants with lots of reviews tend to have positive ratings and attract more customers
We analyzed millions of online reviews during June and July to make our list. The top restaurants are the ones that were talked about the most on Yelp, Google, TripAdvisor, and other business review sites during the first two months of summer. (So, “recent reviews” means in June and July of this year.)
Diners, bars, and bakeries dominate in D.C. Read the whole list below.
1. Baked & Wired
- Fare: Bakery
- Recent reviews: 223
- Yelp score: 4.5 stars
- 1 dish to try: The Honey Badger fudge brownie
- Extra credit: Check out their sweet merchandise
2. Open City
- Fare: American
- Recent reviews: 137
- Yelp score: 3.5 stars
- 1 dish to try: Fried chicken & waffle
- Extra credit: Watch a video to learn more about Open City
3. Agora
- Fare: Mediterranean
- Recent reviews: 132
- Yelp score: 4
- 1 dish to try: Grilled octopus
- Extra credit: Get to know Lebanese chef Ghassan Jarrouj, who’s been preparing Mediterranean cuisine for nearly five decades.
4. Masa 14
- Fare: Asian fusion
- Recent reviews: 131
- Yelp score: 3.5
- 1 dish to try: Asian pork belly kimchi benedict
- Extra credit: Check out Masa 14’s “best brunch” accolade
5. Nellie’s Sport Bar
- Fare: American, bar
- Recent reviews: 113
- Yelp score: 4
- 1 dish to try: Nellie’s Arepa
- Extra credit: Get tickets to the bar’s famous “drag brunch”
6. Hot N Juicy Crawfish
- Fare: Diner, bar
- Recent reviews: 104
- Yelp score: 3.5
- 1 dish to try: Chicken biscuit breakfast
- Extra credit: Read their diner’s bill of rights
8. MXDC
- Fare: Mexican
- Recent reviews: 89
- Yelp score: 3.5
- 1 dish to try: Mole de costilla
- Extra credit: Get to know the restaurant’s chefs
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