BD's Mongolian Grill Closes Last Michigan Restaurant After 34 Years

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BD's Mongolian Grill has closed its last remaining restaurant in Michigan, wrapping up a 34-year run in the state where the Asian-fusion chain was founded. The Canton Township location, which was the final operating site in Michigan, shut its doors last week. The closure comes after the brand's flagship Royal Oak restaurant closed in 2019 following a 27-year run. In recent years, BD's Mongolian Grill's footprint in Michigan had steadily shrunk as locations across the state shuttered one by one.

Why it matters

BD's Mongolian Grill was a pioneering restaurant concept that popularized the build-your-own Mongolian barbecue style in metro Detroit in the 1990s. The brand's closure in Michigan marks the end of an era for a once-popular dining experience that had become a fixture in the state's culinary landscape for over three decades.

The details

The Canton Township restaurant, located at 42089 Ford Road, was the last operating BD's Mongolian Grill site in Michigan. The chain had operated 10 locations across the state at its peak. The brand's flagship restaurant in downtown Royal Oak, which opened in 1992 and helped establish the Mongolian barbecue trend in the region, closed in 2019 after 27 years in business.

• BD's Mongolian Grill opened its first restaurant in downtown Royal Oak in 1992.
• The flagship Royal Oak location closed in 2019 after 27 years of operation.
• The Canton Township restaurant, the last BD's Mongolian Grill site in Michigan, closed last week.