Like bb.q Chicken, Bonchon got its start in South Korea, but it's most popular these days in other Asian countries, such as Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand. Henry Lee signed a deal to open twelve, so he welcomes customers' suggestions for where they'd like to see others open. "It was crazy it took off." There are now three Bonchons open in Colorado, with two more locations in Westminster and Colorado Springs in the works. "I wanted to change a lot of people's opinions and show that Korean food is a lot more than just Korean barbecue," he recalls. There were some mom-and-pop places only."Īfter researching different brands, Henry Lee opened the area's first location of Bonchon in Central Park in 2018. "Then I moved and realized the Korean fried chicken scene was horrible. "I used to live in L.A., where Korean fried chicken was pretty normal," says Henry Lee (no relation to Alex). reached the coasts first, driven largely by pop music (with acts such as PSY and K-pop boy band BTS) and quickly expanding to other aspects, including television ( Squid Game), movies and, of course, food. Molly Martin Known as the Hallyu movement, or Korean Wave, the rise of South Korean culture in the U.S. Fifty percent of the marketing is done for me due to the culture's popularity." "But ten years ago, Korean culture really lifted up. "If you asked me to do this ten years ago, I would have said no," Alex Lee admits. Alex Lee owns the Capitol Hill location and was the project manager for the first spot in Aurora there's also a location in Lone Tree and another under construction in Littleton. He's one of the franchise owners who recently brought popular South Korean brand bb.q Chicken - the name stands for Best of the Best Quality, and the chain has over 3,500 locations worldwide - to the Denver area, where three bb.q Chicken outposts have opened in the last six months. "KFC stands for 'Korean fried chicken' now," says Alex Lee. The obsession with the spicy bird reached a peak in the Denver area over the past two years, as both local spots like Blazing Chicken and national brands such as Dave's Hot Chicken debuted and multiplied - and Music City has a location in town now, too, inside TRVE Brewing.īut Nashville hot's spicy reign in the Mile High has some serious competition these days. Music City Hot Chicken opened in Fort Collins in 2016, paving the way for an influx of hot chicken joints. Then, in the mid-2010s, a new chicken trend began creeping onto the scene that celebrated another Southern-born flavor profile: Nashville hot chicken. For decades, America's fried chicken scene was dominated by the Southern style of the food popularized by chains like Kentucky Fried Chicken (now officially known simply as KFC), Popeyes and Church's.
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