SOUTH LOOP — Chicago is a city that loves a good hot pot, and X-Pot — the newest addition to South Loop’s Roosevelt Collection Shops — aims to give local diners a hot pot experience they’ll never forget.
The restaurant at 1147 S. Delano Court East quietly opened in December, over a year after the first X-Pot debuted on the Las Vegas strip. Another outpost in Los Angeles followed. Founders David Zhao and Harby Yang hope to expand to other parts of the country, with one X-Pot in every tri-state area, Marketing and Events Director Jerry Ngo told Block Club.
While plans for a huge New Year’s Eve grand opening celebration were derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic surge, that hasn’t stopped the steady stream of patrons coming through the door, said Ngo, adding that a celebration is still in the works.