“Koreans like to cut their meat in bite-size pieces while it’s on the grill, hold it with the tong, cut it up,” Yoon explained. Each table also comes with a container of kitchen tools. ( A photo provided by George Aquino shows a server plating bulgogi during K-ROK’s soft opening.)Įach meal typically ranges between $25 and $29 and is brought out to guests to cook on the inlaid smokeless grill at their table. Yoon says K-ROK is still short on staff, “but I’m still going to roll with what we’ve got.” INSIDE K-ROK “There’s all kinds of these little things that add up that you think wouldn’t be a big thing, but they’re just, they’re huge, and especially in a restaurant world or hospitality thing.” I’m still waiting for a few things,” Yoon said Wednesday. Gretchen Whitmer ordered the first round of shutdowns and restrictions.Īs the months progressed, challenges kept cropping up. He held a job fair exactly one week before Gov. Yoon was getting ready to open K-ROK when the COVID-19 pandemic reached West Michigan. You know, the… last couple of years have been really, really up and down and a lot of stress, a lot of weird stuff. “I just couldn’t believe we finally got to this point. It’s the moment owner Rob Yoon has waited nearly three years for, and it comes days after he broke down, watching his business bustle with friends, family, community members and new employees. K-ROK Korean Barbecue & Karaoke opens at 4 p.m. (WOOD) - A yearslong mission to bring Korean barbecue and karaoke to downtown Grand Rapids will be realized starting Saturday.