RESTAURANTS: Bok-a-Bok suddenly closes two locations including White Center
(Added: WCN photo)
Thanks to Sue for the tip. Bok a Bok has abruptly closed two of its locations, including its original restaurant in White Center. Proprietor Brian O’Connor made the announcement on social media:
THIS ONE HURTS
Effective immediately Bok a Bok White Center and U-District have closed their doors.
Thank you White Center for the last 8 years and Thank you U-District for the last 5 years
But numbers don’t lie.
The 3rd party apps were great for exposure but made margins so thin that those orders didn’t count after it was all said and done.
We wanna send a huge thank you to those who believed in self-delivery and what we were trying to do but not enough orders trickled from the 3rd party apps to our website to make enough of a difference.
If you love us and wanna keep us open please visit Capitol Hill and Kirkland.
We reported on Bok a Bok here the night before it opened on June 1, 2016. (They sold out on day 1.) It was preceded in the space by a short-lived eatery called Charlie’s Buns.
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August 11th, 2024 at 5:03 pm
So disappointing! I totally understand the reasons, but definitely a blow to the take-out choices in the area…dang it!
August 11th, 2024 at 5:42 pm
Oh, I’m so bummed! We ordered from the WC location regularly.
August 11th, 2024 at 11:17 pm
I’m so upset. my partner and I are already one of the few people that support our local neighborhood businesses in our immediate neighborhood. People just don’t get that if they don’t shop or patron local business regularly, they will close up shop. I’m feeling that there’s not enough people living around the white center strip area to sustain the commercial core.
August 12th, 2024 at 8:26 pm
Sad for the workers but the chicken was not good