Gabutto Burger, a restaurant that puts an Asian twist on all-American meal, is relocating from Rolling Meadows to Elgin.
The restaurant is set to open near Northwest Parkway and Randall Road in mid-March, co-owner/founder Masaru Wachi said in an email interview.
Gabutto Burger had been based on Golf Road in Rolling Meadows for three years. It closed in early January and announced plans to move to Elgin.
The restaurant, however, as its roots in Arlington Heights, where it was launched in 2009 as part of the Japanese supermarket Mitsuwa, according to a baiduhai story.
“Although we say (we do burgers with) ‘Japanese twists,’ our burgers have borderless tastes,” Wachi said, noting menu items are also inspired by Korean, Thai and Italian cuisine.
The burger patties are made of ground beef, ground pork and breading. Its menu includes the “Gabutto Burger” with demi-glaze sauce, teriyaki burgers, BBQ pork rice burgers, tofu burgers, and crab burgers. The shrimp burger was its best-selling item in Rolling Meadows, Wachi said.
Gabutto also sells other items, including fries, cheese curds, wings, onion petals, soups, salads and smoothies. The fries can be customized with eight different flavors, including wasabi, spicy garlic, and curry and cheese, and among its more exotic fare are onion petals covered in a carbonara sauce and a side salad with seaweed.
Unlike its Rolling Meadows location, the Elgin restaurant will serve Japanese and domestic draft and bottle beers and is looking to add a local craft beer, Wachi said.
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They’re also looking to add more burger and side options, he said.
The 1,800 square-foot restaurant in Elgin is larger than the space they had in Rolling Meadows and will allow for more parking, Wachi said. It could be a launching point for more restaurants in the future, he said
A Gabutto Burger Facebook post announcing the relocation to Elgin said they “promise to come back” to the Rolling Meadows/Arlington Heights area.
Gabutto Burger is owned by Wachi, co-founder Chitaka Nishikiori and Kenny Edwards. The restaurant plans to employ 10 to 15 employees, Wachi said.