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10 Asian Restaurant Chains That Will Expand In 2026 By Fiona Chandra Dec. 13, 2025 3:19 pm EST

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Chinese food has long been popular in the United States, and you can seemingly find a Chinese restaurant in every city, but there's so much more to Asian cuisine than Chinese food. Asian restaurants beyond Chinese cuisine have also been increasingly trendy, though, with the rise of food like Korean BBQ and more affordable sushi. According to Pew Research , back in 2023, around 12% of the restaurants in the U.S. served Asian food. That number is sure to increase soon, if it hasn't already.

Popular Asian food chains that have been around for a while, like Panda Express, continue to expand, while new restaurant chains have also started

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