K-Bop

K-Bop brought Korean food to Cherokee Street in August 2023, opening its second location in the room that had long been the Morning Glory Diner.

The business belongs to Yu Duck Lee, whose first bricks-and-mortar K-Bop on the Delmar Loop did well enough that customers began asking for a south city branch. That is how this one came about – demand from people who did not want to drive across town for it.

The menu is built for eating quickly and well rather than for a long dinner. CupBop bowls are the format the business is known for: rice, meat, vegetables and sauce assembled in a cup, portable and complete. Beyond them the kitchen does chicken katsu, bulgogi beef and bibimbap, along with bottled Korean drinks that are half the fun for anyone who has not tried them.

K-Bop stands at 2609 Cherokee Street, at the eastern end of the street among the restaurants and bars, a few blocks past the antique dealers of the Row. It is one of the newer arrivals on a stretch that has been steadily filling with kitchens from more countries than most American cities of this size manage.