Korean fried chicken restaurant Dak & Bop has closed its 18th Street location for the second time, according to the restaurant's social media.

What happened

Dak & Bop, which translates to chicken & rice, first opened in 2014 in Houston's Museum District, but later closed in May 2020, according to the restaurant's website.

Restaurant owners then opened a second location along 18th Street in the Timbergrove area that fused Korean and Italian cuisine; however, the restaurant would later return to its original location in the Museum District in 2023, according to previous Community Impact reporting.

However, the restaurant's run in the original location was cut short after two years, as on Sept. 15, Dak & Bop announced it will close in the end of September. The owners wrote on social media that the decision comes down to the "current circumstances and the overall climate" the restaurant was in.


"Dak & Bop was never a restaurant," the post read. "It was a labor of love and inspired by much greater aspirations than just being a business."

The menu featured double-fried chicken sauced with soy garlic, buffalo or Sriracha honey lime. Appetizers such as fried teokboki, a fried rice cake, crispy dumplings or sliders filled with either chicken or beef bulgogi.