SAN FRANCISCO — Frozen drinks are taking center stage among Yelp’s top food and beverage trends for 2023. The restaurant review hub utilized search data on its platform from 2021 and 2022, primarily popular keywords and phrases, to determine its top 10 picks for next year.
With “slushie” searches up 77% in the last year, both non-alcohol and inebriating frozen drinks are expected to dominate consumers’ orders when dining out. Common staples include margaritas, fruit-flavored slushies and pina coladas.
Dry beverages occupy multiple spots in Yelp’s top 10, including mocktails and michelagua. Non-alcoholic cocktails saw a 59% increase in searches, and celebrities have begun to capitalize on the growing interest by launching their own mocktail brands. Actress Blake Lively opened Betty Buzz, a low calorie, sparkling mocktail line, in September 2021 followed by supermodel Bella Hadid’s Kin Euphoric mocktails line that launched…
