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Another Fast-Casual Asian Eatery To Replace ShopHouse In Georgetown
After Chipotle decided to close all ShopHouse locations, a new assembly-line style Asian restaurant will take it's place.
GEORGETOWN, DC — Another fast-casual eatery will open on 2805 M St. NW, replacing Chipotle's ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen that closed March 17, DCist reports.
The Chipotle-owned Asian restaurant will be replaced by a restaurant with a similar dining concept called Bibibop Asian Grill. Bibibop currently has 12 other locations all located in Ohio.
Bibibop is a Korean-inspired restaurant that offers rice bowls with your choice of meat or tofu, toppings, sauces and side dishes such as miso soup, edamame or kimchi. Customers can also order a salad or a roll instead of rice.
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Bibibop Asian Grill acquired all the ShopHouse leases after Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. decided to shutter the 15 ShopHouses in Maryland and DC by March 17.
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ShopHouse first opened in Dupont Circle in 2011. Since then, ShopHouse expanded to other locations in DC, including Chinatown, Georgetown and Union Station, and a handful of other states like Maryland, California and Illinois.
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According to Nation's Restaurant News, Chipotle said in its most recent annual report that ShopHouse was not able to generate enough sales to justify future investment.
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