Yelp's Top 100 in the USA
 

http://officialblog.yelp.com/2016/02...-for-2016.html

Odd list. I've been to 1, 2, 10, 24 and 57. I've been meaning to get to 77 for the past couple of years, but being about 4 miles from home, somehow I've never made it (as many times as I've passed right by)!

MrBBQ is a regular stop for the high schooler's athletic teams post games/meets. I have a hard time seeing it in a national 100 best list for this reason.

Yelp's Top 100 in the USA
 

10% in HI and only 7% of them in NY? Hmmm.

Almost all of them in high population area, where Yelp use is more prevalent. It may be a good list, but I definitely wouldn't consider most reviewed a true indicator of greatness.

Many aren't great places. They are just popular and highly reviewed.

+1 this! I work less than 2 miles from #47 - it's a crap shack and not in the good way like "I found amazing street food in Thailand off the beaten path."

This is a fun list for a new city or looking for something new near home.

Something that might be more useful for that is if Yelp released top 10-20 for 2016 lists for every major metro area. It'd reduce/eliminate the contributor distribution bias that a single top 100 list would have, anyway.

The Roxie Food Center is a total dive sandwich shop in an out-of-the-way part of San Francisco. Super weird to see it in the top 100 for the country.

exactly - so an interesting list - but hardly accurate/unbiased.

Feeding the scepticism about Best lists. I figure one can get a
good meal at most of these places (I doubt it about a sandwich
shop that features the Avocado BLT), but one can add a thousand
other equals.

Heavy concentration of places west of the Mississippi. One place in Philly. One place in Boston. None in DC. Makes this list fraudulent.

Fraudulent is a weird word to use. Who is trying to perpetuate fraud?

What an odd list. I've been to #9 (Franklin's BBQ in Austin) which makes sense but I've also been to #16 (Los Agaves in Santa Barbara) which was pretty forgettable Mexican.

The list is based on yelp reviews with corresponding demographics.
I've been to probably a dozen (incl 1, 15, 16, 17) - they are all good and inexpensive places. This is not michelin etc formal dining but rather the kind of food i can afford to grab pretty much every day. (to address CMK10 comment - los agaves has some very good and some rather generic dishes just like most of them)
In a way i dont really want to see too much publicity - portos has lines out the door every weekend as is...

Too late. Portos is all over the local news with the story.