The Bite of Korea, a fusion Korean pop-up restaurant in Atlanta, confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that it will open its first brick-and-mortar restaurant in Tucker in the Hugh Howell Marketplace alongside First Watch, Gusto and Buffalo Wild Wings.
Husband and wife owners Gavin Lee and Chloe Jung announced the news on social media: “We worked countless hours and shed countless sweats for this moment to finally come true. We are a true underdog story.”
The Bite of Korea began by taking over an office cafeteria in March 2020. By that summer, The Bite of Korea shifted to doing pop-ups at a mano in Old Fourth Ward and then started offering catering services.
In the past year and a half, The Bite of Korea has done more than 200 pop-ups.
Credit: Courtesy of The Bite of Korea
Credit: Courtesy of The Bite of Korea
“We didn’t think we’d come this far. But we lived one day at a time, one pop-up at a time in the hopes that one day we’ll make it,” the restaurant wrote in its social media announcement.
The Bite of Korea will be one of the only Korean restaurants in Tucker. Lee and Jung are both South Korean immigrants who have lived in Georgia since 2019 and 2005 respectively. Jung told the AJC that sharing Korean food with Tucker and working their way up from pop-up to restaurant has been an “American dream come true” and the result of “clear focus and purpose.”
Credit: Courtesy of The Bite of Korea
Credit: Courtesy of The Bite of Korea
Bite of Korea’s menu has featured dishes including soy garlic Korean fried chicken, bulgogi quesadillas, rice cake and sausage skewers, sweet pumpkin porridge and bulgogi rice bowls with fried egg and kimchi.
Jung told the AJC that the Tucker location will open in late August or early September.
4650 Hugh Howell Road, Tucker. https://www.instagram.com/biteofkorea/
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