As with many fast-casual concepts, guests start with a base, which can be rice, noodles, riced cauliflower with cilantro, or zucchini noodles. They can then select from some 20 vegetables, choice of protein — tofu, shrimp, steak, and chicken — and then a signature sauce, all made from scratch in-house and all gluten-free and vegan.

The southeastern locations of Urban Wok are franchised, and a second unit in Columbia, S.C. is slated to open soon, with three to four more Minnesota locations slated to open this year.

Urban Wok's entrées are priced starting at $12.99 for only vegetable toppings up to $16.99 for shrimp. Chicken accounts for about 80% of orders, which are served in Chinese-style takeout containers whether customers are dining in or taking it to go.

Although Urban Wok isn’t exclusively Asian, its most popular sauces are Garlic-ginger-soy, spicy peanut and a Korean barbecue. A new sauce, agave-Sriracha-ginger, has also had positive reception. Other sauces include Caribbean jerk, citrus orange, mango habanero, and peach bourbon barbecue.