These Are the Most Popular Summer Cocktails in Every Major City
Summer has officially begun—and while many parts of the country have been doused in rain for the better part of the month, that obviously hasn't stopped people from downing their favorite summer cocktails.
But what people pick as their drink of choice varies by which city they live in. Yelp's data-science team did a deep dive into the platform's reviews and search information to figure out which cocktails people are drinking in different parts of the country this season. (To gather the data, they looked at reviews in the restaurant and nightlife categories mentioning dozens of drinks and flavors to calculate a monthly rate of change and determine which drinks Yelpers are drinking every summer.)
The beverage on the rise is—no surprise—the internet favorite Aperol spritz (prosecco, Aperol, and soda water), whose mentions on Yelp are up 94% compared with 2018. It's especially popular in cities like Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C. Other drinks that are surging in popularity include spiked seltzer, the Paloma (typically tequila mixed with a grapefruit-flavored soda), and the classic Negroni (gin, sweet vermouth, and Campari).
Frosé (frozen rosé wine), mojitos, and Moscow Mules, on the other hand, are starting to wane in popularity (though frosé is mentioned 117% more often in the summer than during other times of year, which makes a lot of sense).
Yelp also mapped out which of the aforementioned summer drinks are the most popular in which cities. For example, the Moscow Mule is still a hit in places like Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Florida, and Los Angeles, while frosé is big in Nashville, New Orleans, and Miami. New York and San Diego are loving the trendy Aperol spritz (as is Drake, apparently), but San Francisco and Portland are all about the Negroni, and the spiked spritzer reigns supreme in Boston, Philly, and Charlotte.
Check out the map to see what the most talked-about cocktail is where you live.
Cheers to summer!
Originally Appeared on Glamour
