Want the intel on Portland's most happening local spots?
We took a data-driven look at the question, using Yelp to deduce which restaurants have been most discussed this month.
To find out who made the list, we looked at Portland 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.
Hey Love
Open since 2018, this cocktail bar, wine bar and breakfast and brunch spot is trending compared to other businesses categorized as 'Breakfast & Brunch' on Yelp.
Citywide, breakfast and brunch spots saw a median 1.5% increase in new reviews over the past month, but Hey Love saw a 16.5% increase, maintaining a solid four-star rating throughout. Moreover, on a month-to-month basis, Hey Love's review count increased by more than 350%.
Located at 920 E. Burnside St. in Buckman, Hey Love offers house cocktails like the Secret Life of Plants, a salty mango mai tai, and the Companion Fare, a concoction of London Dry Gin, pear brandy, lemon, passion fruit and soda.
When it comes to food, this spot serves garlic shrimp salad, chilaquiles and fried chicken chow mein with broccoli, bok choy, mushrooms, carrots and chiles.
Hey Love is open from 7 a.m.–2 a.m. daily.
Tasty n Daughters
Whether or not you've been hearing buzz about Richmond's Tasty n Daughters, the cocktail bar and breakfast and brunch and New American spot is a hot topic according to Yelp review data.
While businesses categorized as 'American (New)' on Yelp saw a median 1.1% increase in new reviews over the past month, Tasty n Daughters bagged a 9.7% increase in new reviews within that time frame, maintaining a sound four-star rating.
There's more that's trending on Portland's New American scene: Basilisk has seen a 3.7% increase in reviews, and Grassa has seen a 3.4% bump.
Open at 4537 S.E. Division St. since February, Tasty n Daughters offers bacon-wrapped dates, Reuben sandwiches and cast-iron frittatas, as well as butternut squash ravioli, baby back rib ragu and macaroni and cheese.
Tasty n Daughters is open from 9 a.m.–10 p.m. daily.
Eem
Boise's Eem is also making waves. Open since February 2019 at 3808 N. Williams Ave., the popular cocktail bar and Thai spot, which offers barbecue and more, has seen a 24% bump in new reviews over the last month, compared to a median review increase of 1.7% for all businesses tagged 'Cocktail Bars' on Yelp. Moreover, on a month-to-month basis, Eem's review count increased by more than 170%.
Eem offers red curry with roasted vegetables, barbecue pork steak, chopped barbecue fried rice and a variety of cocktails. Over the past month, it's maintained a convincing 4.5-star rating among Yelpers.
Eem is open from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. and 5 p.m.–10 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday and 11 a.m.–3 p.m. and 5 p.m.–midnight on Friday and Saturday.
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