Franchising

Curry Up Now opening 2nd Salt Lake City unit

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August 25, 2020

Curry Up Now is celebrating the grand opening of its downtown Salt Lake City location at 152 E. 200 S., Sept 1. In the coming weeks, the location will debut an attached Mortar & Pestle bar, Curry Up Now's craft cocktail concept that serves classic Americana and globally inspired handcrafted cocktails and bar bites, according to a company press release.

The Salt Lake City opening marks the second Utah outpost to open this year. The chain now operates 11 restaurants and three craft cocktail bars with more than 40 restaurants in varying stages of development in nearly every major region in the U.S.

"We're proud to continue Curry Up Now's expansion in Utah with our second opening this year and are thrilled to bring our restaurant and bar to downtown Salt Lake City," Akash Kapoor, CEO and founder of Curry Up Now, said in the release. "We have great franchise partners in John Netto and the Netto Family Trust and we have full confidence that they will continue to successfully grow the Curry Up Now brand in Utah and, down the line, Colorado. The Mortar & Pestle Bar program complements the Curry Up Now food and vibe perfectly and we're very proud that we are one of few fast casual concepts that offers an amazing bar program with full service dining and imbibing alongside a fast casual restaurant."

Curry Up Now began as a food truck in 2009, founded by husband and wife duo, Akash and Rana Kapoor, and supported by Amir Hosseini, co-founder and senior VP of operations.