Shophouse Southeast Asian Kitchen Expanding

Shophouse Southeast Asian Kitchen has had a successful first year in it's location at Dupont Circle, in Washington DC.

Now owner Steve Ells, who is also the owner of Chipotle, has announced two more expansions will be opened.

One of those will be in Georgetown, just about a mile away from the original location, the other will be clear across the country, in Los Angeles.

As the name of the restaurants state the food is southeast Asian focused, rather than all over Asia like Pei Wei, or just Chinese or Japanese like many places across the US.

It's based upon the same idea as Chipotle, with a line of staff creating your meal, step by step, prepping the food for you in moments.

The moves to expand it clear across the country have brought back talk that the new chain will eventually cover the country, just as Chipotle does.