Midtown Eatery Is GA's Highest Rated Restaurant, Says Reviews.Org

ATLANTA — Researchers at Reviews.org have created a national report revealing each state's top-rated restaurant, based on data from Yelp. More than 178 million people use Yelp on a monthly basis to help form the Internet’s collective opinion of restaurants all over the world. Reviews.org poured through data on Yelp and found the top three restaurants, both by ratings and number of reviews, for each state’s most populous city. It then chose the highest-ranked restaurant of the three based on the reviews.

Fox. Bros. Bar-B-Q in Midtown is Georgia's winner, with 4.5 stars and 3,422 reviews. Here's what one reviewer said: “I just love it. The food. The atmosphere. The dedicated staff. I recommend the brisket. Duh! And the mac and cheese and the fried pickles and the tots.”

Here are some of the study's other findings:

• Americans love American food. Ten of the top restaurants classify themselves as American food, and guess what? Americans love it.
• Founding Farmers in Washington, DC, has the most reviews overall with 12,630 reviews and an overall rating of 4. Considering most popular restaurants are at least 4.5 stars, this is controversial, people. That’s a whole half a star.
• The second-highest-reviewed restaurant is Bacchanal Buffet in Las Vegas, Nevada, with 9,046 reviews. It’s also on the lower end of the reviews spectrum with a 4 out of 5. (Hey, if you’re going to wait in a massive line, it better be at least 4.5 out of 5.)
• Unsurprisingly, the most popular cuisine in coastal areas was seafood. The big surprise, though, is that the same was true for Wyoming: Wyoming’s Rib and Chop House specializes in seafood and steakhouse fare. (Maybe there’s good lakes out there?)
• Did you know New Mexican is a type of food? New Mexicans were definitely aware, which is why Cocina Azul ranks so highly there.
• It makes sense that Kentucky and South Carolina love Southern food. Oregon, however, also makes that list, which is interesting since they’re in the Northwest. So whatever you order there, just make sure that it’s local.

Here are the details on the 49 other states' top rated restaurants through Reviews.org.