app/components/places-sidebar.gjs

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export default class PlacesSidebar extends Component {
 
   get isNearbySearch() {
     const qp = this.router.currentRoute.queryParams;
-    return !qp.q && qp.lat && qp.lon;
+    return !qp.q && !qp.category && qp.lat && qp.lon;
   }
 
   <template>

tests/acceptance/search-test.js

@@ -215,5 +215,7 @@ module('Acceptance | search', function (hooks) {
     );
     assert.dom('.places-list li').exists({ count: 1 });
     assert.dom('.places-list li .place-name').hasText('Latte Art Cafe');
+    // Ensure it shows "Results" not "Nearby"
+    assert.dom('.sidebar-header h2').includesText('Results');
   });
 });