Cupbop to open soon in Pocatello

POCATELLO — A fast-casual Korean barbecue edifice is opening successful Pocatello.

Cupbop plans to unfastened nan doors to its newest location astatine 544 East Benton Street. Seth Frazier, a multi-unit operating partner, said that customers tin expect to find a welcoming environment, and an invitation to travel backmost nan adjacent day.

“When they locomotion done nan doorway and erstwhile they spell to leave, we say, ‘See you tomorrow,'” Frazier said.

The opening will beryllium Aug. 13.

Customers will beryllium greeted pinch a “Welcome to Cupbop,” from nan full staff. The customer will beryllium asked if they’ve ever been to Cupbop, and if it’s nan first time, nan unit will past yell, “First timer!” truthful nan customer knows “that they’re a small spot other special.”

“That’s nan civilization that we person here,” Frazier said.

Staff will past locomotion nan customer done nan menu, typically starting pinch a guidelines of rice, cabbage and noodles. Customers tin past get a meat, pinch options for illustration a Korean barbecue-style chicken, spicy pork and fried chickenhearted pinch gluten free options aliases moreover conscionable vegetables.

Customers past prime their herb level, going from 1 done 10, apical it disconnected pinch immoderate sesame seeds and past shingle it up.

“That’s nan benignant of nutrient that group (can) expect erstwhile they get here,” Frazier said.

Prices scope from astir $6 for a Kids Bop Bowl to astir $11 for a Combo Bop Bowl

When customers leave, Frazier said that they springiness a assortment of reactions to nan anticipation to travel backmost nan adjacent day. Sometimes customers will disregard them, sometimes they’ll get a confused look connected their face, aliases different times they’ll opportunity thing for illustration “maybe” aliases “definitely.”

“One of nan reasons we opportunity spot you tomorrow is to not only dream that we will spot them tomorrow, but to benignant of get it successful their caput that Cupbop is simply a much than a once-in-a-blue-moon-kind-of opportunity,” Frazier said.

The newest Cupbop location will unfastened up successful nan aforesaid building arsenic Starbucks and Jersey Mike’s, successful nan batch wherever nan Idaho Central Credit Union Benton branch was located earlier moving crossed nan street. Frazier sees this location arsenic offering galore advantages.

“Being successful a assemblage municipality having Idaho State University correct location … we’ll get a batch of assemblage kids and a batch of locals that tin conscionable caput down nan street,” Frazier said.

Fraizer feels that nan civilization of Cupbop separates it from different fast-casual eating locations.

“We springiness each personification individual attraction erstwhile they’re going done and we’re making their nutrient for them. We ever make them nan No. 1 priority,” Frazier said.