Grace Bellinghausen
Sarpy County Times
A brand new restaurant has opened its first location within the state at Nebraska Crossing shopping center in Gretna.
Kong Dog celebrated its grand opening Friday with free Kong Dogs for the primary 200 clients.
The business is situated within the area previously occupied by Auntie Anne’s.
Kong Dog’s specialty is Korean corn dogs, a snack that surged in reputation in South Korea within the early 2000s. It affords a rainbow of customizable flavors, from fruity pebbles to scorching Cheeto coating your alternative of mozzarella or meat — all on a stick.
The franchise additionally options Boba Tea, also called “Bubble Tea,” which is a flavored milk tea containing tapioca balls.
Kong Dog rose in reputation, partially, due to its social media technique, with greater than 770,000 TikTok likes on the corporate’s web page. Cheese pull movies alone have garnered greater than 14 million views.
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The firm capitalized on this reputation by introducing fundraising alternatives for charities often known as “Stretch for a Change,” the place people can host a fundraiser with Kong Dog, with 10% of the proceeds allotted to the organizer’s chosen charity.
Kong Dog has places in seven different states: Massachusetts, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Virginia, New Jersey, Rhode Island and North Carolina. Additionally, it plans 37 new places throughout the U.S.
The Nebraska Crossing retailer is open from 11 a.m. to the mall’s closing time of 8 p.m. each day.
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