{"id":47,"date":"2021-10-21T18:53:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T18:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2022-09-08T13:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:29:55","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Two Column Callout -->\n<div class=\"bg-cream bg-cream-wave py-12 px-5\">\n\t<div class=\" container mx-auto py-12 px-5 \">\n\t\t<h2 class=\" text-dark font-heading font-black text-3xl mb-4\">Where It All Began<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"col-span-3 lg:col-span-2 text-gray-700 font-sans font-normal text-lg prose max-w-none\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"columnize prose-columns  md:columns-2 column-gap-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its inception, Bento was designed to bring the tastes of Asia to the American dining table. Brothers Jimmy and Johnny Tung sought to venture beyond the old-school neighborhood restaurant, creating a menu of popular Asian eats from Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After countless hours of recipe-tasting, and detail-perfecting right down to the lighting and playlist, the first Bento opened up in Gainesville in the summer of 2002.\u00a0 Tucked away in a retail plaza a few blocks west of the University of Florida<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the new eatery featured a diverse melting pot of wok-fired entrees, slurp-worthy noodle soups, sushi rolls and freshly-brewed boba tea.\u00a0 Bento soon became a local favorite, and t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he growing demand for its dishes prompted the opening of its second location\u2026and third\u2026.and fourth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, there are over 20 locations and growing across the Sunshine State, and a team of over 900 individuals that make up the Bento team. What started nearly 20 years ago as a family-owned and operated business is still one to this day &#8212; with good food and good people at its core.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We often sat in the kitchen for hours as kids watching our dad cook. That\u2019s where it all started.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- Text with Image Feature -->\n<div class=\"relative  \">\n\t<div class=\"relative \">\n\t\t<div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"absolute inset-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bento-wok-join-our-team.jpg\" alt=\"Bento Wok Join Our Team\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover opacity-20 lg:opacity-100\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative grid grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-span-4\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-span-3 p-12 px-14 py-16 md:py-24 lg:py-32 xl:py-52\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-white font-heading font-extrabold text-3xl mb-4\">Hungry for More? <\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-white font-sans font-medium text-lg max-w-xl\">You\u2019re in good company. From our Sushi Chefs to Wok Masters \u2013 there\u2019s a place for every passion. <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-5 flex flex-col lg:flex-row text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/apply.jobappnetwork.com\/bentocareers\/en\" class=\"bg-primary hover:bg-cream-darkest px-5 py-3 text-white font-bold text-sm tracking-wide uppercase shadow-md transition duration-300 ease-in-out\">Join the Team<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7926,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}