www.huhot.com huhot mongolian grill is an american restaurant chain specializing in a create your own stir fry cuisine mongolian barbecue . based in missoula montana as of february 2015 there are 54 huhot mongolian grills in 16 states the vast majority located in the midwest and the mountain west states . 1 contents 1 awards 2 history 3 menu 4 sauces 5 murals 6 see also 7 references 8 external links awards edit huhot was named as one of nation s restaurant news 2014 next 20 . 2 huhot has ranked in entrepreneur magazine s franchise 500 in 2014 2013 2012 and 2010 . 3 named by franchise business review as a top 50 franchise in 2010 franchisee satisfaction awards . 4 history edit the first huhot was built in missoula montana in 1999 by the vap family . due to the family s experience as godfather s pizza franchisees they were familiar with franchising 5 and knew a fellow restaurateur based in the midwest who was interested in the concept . from there it grew by word of mouth . 6 the first franchised huhot was built in omaha nebraska in 2002 . there are currently 54 locations in 16 states . forty six of the locations are franchised and eight locations are corporate owned appleton wisconsin ; green bay wisconsin ; kenosha wisconsin ; madison wisconsin ; wausau wisconsin ; bloomington in ; lafayette in and spanish fork ut . huhot had originally opened as mongo s but when the company decided to franchise they found that name was already trademarked . they chose the name huhot from the ancient capital of inner mongolia . 7 menu edit huhot s main attraction is the 7 ft grill in the middle of the restaurant . patrons fill their bowls from a food line of meats noodles fresh vegetables and specialty sauces . they then proceed to the grill and watch as their unique concoction gets grilled . 8 the restaurants also offer an array of asian inspired appetizers such as coconut shrimp egg rolls and crab rangoons . 8 the create your own s mores is a popular dessert especially with families . citation needed each order comes with graham crackers chocolate bars and marshmallows customers can roast on a mini hibachi at their table . 8 sauces edit huhot s sauces are the key to a unique meal . listed from mildest to hottest they are 9 samurai teriyaki not so sweet & sour khan s favorite feed the hordes hoisin black thai peanut burn your village barbeque bekter s ginger nomad s green curry previously a seasonal sauce replaced yellow belly curry mongol mustard five village fire szechuan kung pao ... yow khan s revenge previously a seasonal sauce a selection of create your own sauces such as sweet chili sauce and garlic broth are also included on the food line . each quarter huhot adds in a rotational sauce of the season . past seasonal sauces have included citation needed pillager s red curry asian coconut mongolian sunburn kublai s pineapple cilantro khan s revenge currently a permanent sauce nomad s green curry currently a permanent sauce open sesame shoyu black pepper sweet seoul murals edit the walls of each huhot mongolian grill location are covered in hand painted murals inspired by mongolian folk tales . laura blaker a missoula montana based artist travels to each new huhot to paint its unique murals . 10 see also edit hohhot inner mongolian autonomous region china references edit restaurant locations . huhot.com . retrieved 21 feb 2015 . 2014 next 20 sales and unit trends nation s restaurant news . nrn.com . retrieved 2016 01 08 . huhot mongolian grills franchise information . entrepreneur.com . 2015 09 30 . retrieved 2016 01 08 . huhot mongolian grill create your own stir fry . huhot.com . retrieved 2016 01 08 . holien mick 6 october 2002 . they know the grill . missoulian . retrieved 23 may 2013 . struckman robert 3 april 2005 . huhot to trot missoula franchiser looks to aggressively expand restaurant chain . missoulian . retrieved 23 may 2013 . huhot to trot missoula franchiser looks to aggressively expand restaurant chain business . missoulian.com . 2005 04 03 . retrieved 2016 01 08 . a b c mongolian grill bbq restaurant franchise . huhot.com . retrieved 23 may 2013 . create a meal . huhot.com . retrieved 23 may 2013 . work of missoula artist adorns huhot franchises around the country . missoulian . retrieved 23 may 2013 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title huhot mongolian grill & oldid 726254186 categories companies based in montanamongolian americanrestaurants established in 1999restaurant chains in the united states1999 establishments in montanahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 june 2016 at 01 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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