January 17, 2013
No. 19: Geoff Alexander
Vice president and managing partner, Wow Bao
Part of Chicago-based Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Wow Bao has emerged as one of the coolest, most addictive of the group's 43 concepts. With the tagline "hot asian buns" (never mind, they've already heard the jokes), they offer a mixture of baos (dumplings of a sort), potstickers and bowls featuring multiple styles of chicken, beef and vegetables. Breakfast mixes are available in the morning, and if you're stout of heart, try the homemade ginger ale. It's definitely not the stuff from Canada.
Alexander ander himself also is becoming a big wig in the industry with his election to the Fast Casual Industry Council's steering committee.
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