Tom's BaoBao
{{Short description|Restaurant chain in the United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Tom's BaoBao
| logo = tbb-logo.png
| logo_size = 240px
| type = Subsidiary
| foundation = {{Start date|2016}} in Boston, Massachusetts
| founder = Tom Tong
| defunct = {{End date and age|2020}}
| location = Boston, Massachusetts, US
| industry = Restaurants
| revenue =
| num_employees =
| parent = GanQiShi
| website = {{URL|http://www.tomsbaobao.com}}
| locations = 2
| area_served = Massachusetts, Rhode Island
}}
File:tomsbaobao harvardsquare.jpg
Tom's BaoBao was a fast casual restaurant specializing in traditional hand-made bao. It was a subsidiary of Ganqishi, and opened its first location in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
History
Tom's BaoBao Harvard Square is the first international location of the Chinese fast-casual bao restaurant, Ganqishi and was founded in 2009.{{cite web |last=Hatic |first=Dana |url=http://boston.eater.com/2015/12/14/10104562/toms-baobao-chinese-cuisine-harvard |title=Tom's BaoBao Set to Join Boston's Food Truck Club – Eater Boston |website=Boston.eater.com |date=December 14, 2015 |access-date=April 2, 2016}}{{cite web |last=Nanos |first=Janelle |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/07/01/tired-burgers-how-about-bao/T5oHcP5sU91dkOXJI14hOK/story.html |title=Tired of burgers? How about a bao? |website=The Boston Globe |date=July 1, 2016 |access-date=July 11, 2016}} Boston was partly chosen as the site of the first location because it is a sister city to Hangzhou, the hometown of Ganqishi founder Tom Tong.{{Cite web |last=Smart |first=Catherine |title=Tom's BaoBao: Doing one thing well |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/food-dining/2016/08/22/tom-baobao-doing-one-thing-well/bIU4we22uN60iIzZnEFvPP/story.html |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=The Boston Globe |language=en-US}} A second location opened in Providence, Rhode Island on October 15, 2016.{{Cite news |url=http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20161013/toms-baobao-opens-saturday-in-providence-with-chinese-steamed-buns |title=Tom's BaoBao opens Saturday in Providence with Chinese steamed buns |last=Ciampa |first=Gail |newspaper=providencejournal.com |access-date=December 21, 2016}} It closed its Providence location three years later, in August 2019.{{Cite web |last=Ciampa |first=Gail |title=Tom's BaoBao closes Providence restaurant |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/lifestyle/food/2019/08/07/toms-baobao-closes-providence-restaurant/4518975007/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=The Providence Journal |language=en-US}} Its Harvard Square location closed in January 2020.{{Cite web |title=Tom's BaoBao Bows Out of Harvard Square |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/1/8/toms-baobao-leaves-square/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=The Harvard Crimson}}
Menu
The restaurant was known for serving baozi with a variety of fillings, including meat, vegetables, seafood, cheese and other ingredients.{{Cite web |author=Kara Baskin |date=August 11, 2016 |title=It's all bao, all the time, at Tom's BaoBao in Harvard Square |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/food-dining/2016/08/11/all-bao-all-time-tom-baobao-harvard-square/4niObsiVtCKimkQgxQyOrL/story.html |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=The Boston Globe |language=en-US}} It offered a variety of specialty types, including dessert bao, vegan bao, and holiday-themed flavors like turkey pot pie.
It also served drinks such as Oolong tea, coffee, soy milk and juices.
See also
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References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.tomsbaobao.com}}
{{Fast-food chains of the United States|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Fast casual restaurants
Category:Chinese restaurants in the United States
Category:Restaurants established in 2016
Category:Companies based in Boston
Category:Fast-food chains of the United States