Bento Asian Kitchen + Sushi \u2014 Orlando, Fla.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Although Bento Asian Kitchen + Sushi \u2014 the fast-casual, Florida-based bento box and sushi restaurant with 13 locations and counting \u2014 has been in business since 2002, the brand is in the middle of a major expansion. Bento Asian Kitchen + Sushi has grown by 50% over the past year, and the company is on track to open seven more locations by the end of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo: Bento Asian Kitchen + Sushi<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even though the fast-casual brand also has rice bowls, noodle bowls, poke bowls, and sushi on the menu, bento boxes are the brand\u2019s biggest seller, according to a spokesperson for parent company Bento Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Customers can choose white or brown rice, ginger salad, lo mein or string beans, to be topped with a selection of entrees, including Mongolian, katsu, tempura, stir fry, and bulgogi in a variety of protein options for an average check of $10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The original 2,000-square-foot location was founded and opened by brothers Jimmy and Johnny Tung just a couple of blocks away from the University of Florida in Gainesville. Now, each location is 3,000-square-feet, on average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bento boxes are trending in fast casual Read the full article on restaurant-hospitality.com Bento Asian…","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=5986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatatbento.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Bento-asian-kitchen-sushi-pao-pao-bento-box.gif\"](\"https:\/\/www.restaurant-hospitality.com\/sites\/restaurant-hospitality.com\/files\/Bento-asian-kitchen-sushi-pao-pao-bento-box.gif\")
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