ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen

ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRestaurants
FoundedSeptember 15, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-09-15) in Washington, DC[1]
Founder
DefunctMarch 17, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-17)
FateClosed
Number of locations
15 (July 2016)[2]
Area served
California, Illinois, Maryland, and Washington, DC
ParentChipotle Mexican Grill
WebsiteLast archive of official website

ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen, or simply ShopHouse, was an American restaurant chain specializing in Southeast Asian cuisine. Its name derived from the shophouse, a common building type in urban Southeast Asia. The first ShopHouse opened in September 2011 in Washington, D.C.[1] As of April 2016, there were a total of fourteen ShopHouse locations, in California, Chicago, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. ShopHouse was owned and operated by Chipotle Mexican Grill, and used a similar serving format.[3]

Like Chipotle, ShopHouse restaurants were company-owned, rather than franchised.[4] Its competitors included Panda Express, P. F. Chang's, Pick Up Stix,[5] and to a small extent Noodles & Company.[6] On October 25, 2016, founder, Steve Ells, said during an earnings call that the company "decided not to invest further in growing the ShopHouse brand."[7] All ShopHouse locations were closed on March 17, 2017.[8][9] After the restaurants closed, the leases for each restaurant were purchased by Gosh Enterprises and converted into new locations for Bibibop Asian Grill.[10][11][12]

  1. ^ a b McKeever, Amy (September 15, 2011). "Chipotle's New ShopHouse Concept Officially Open In DC". Eater.
  2. ^ Choi, Candice (July 28, 2016). "Chipotle branching out, plans to open burger restaurant". Los Angeles Times. AP. Retrieved July 28, 2016.[dead link]
  3. ^ Lavoie, Luke (August 25, 2014). "ShopHouse opens in expanding Columbia mall open-air plaza". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  4. ^ Pino, Isaac (July 2, 2014). "10 Things You Need to Know About Chipotle's Pizza and Asian Concepts". The Motley Fool. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  5. ^ Reimer, Miriam (September 16, 2011). "Chipotle Opens First Asian-Style Restaurant In D.C." Business Insider. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
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  7. ^ Frederick, Missy (October 26, 2016). "The Future is Unclear for D.C.'s ShopHouse Restaurants". Eater Washington DC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  8. ^ Maze, Jonathan (March 9, 2017). "Exclusive: Chipotle closing ShopHouse chain". Nation's Restaurant News. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  9. ^ Hatic, Dana (March 9, 2017). "Chipotle Will Shut Down All ShopHouse Asian Kitchen Restaurants: All 15 locations will close on March 17". Eater.
  10. ^ Anderson, Caroline (March 20, 2017). "Bibibop Asian Grill Moving into Los Angeles ShopHouse Locations". Los Angeles Business Journal.
  11. ^ Coser, Crystal (May 9, 2017). "Bibibop Asian Grill Takes Over All Shuttered ShopHouse Locations: Including four in Los Angeles". Eater LA.
  12. ^ Ghose, Dave (January 23, 2018). "Who's Next: Charley Shin, founder and CEO of Bibibop Asian Grill". Columbus Monthly.