Convoy turns over faster than the listings keep up with. Signs change before Google does, chains rebrand without moving, and a place can be closed for months while its hours still say open.
This page is the running record: what's opened, what's coming, and what's gone. Every entry says how it was verified and when — including the ones that aren't confirmed yet.
Announced but not yet open. These are tracked from permits, press and signage, and the status line tells you how solid each one is.
A Sichuan malatang chain with locations in Los Angeles' Koreatown and Carrollton, Texas, taking Suite N in Convoy Village — the plaza that also holds Yun Tea House and Shan Xi Magic Kitchen. The format is fast-casual build-your-own: a self-serve bar of more than 90 ingredients, from greens and mushrooms to fish tofu and quail eggs, weighed and cooked to order.
Status as of August 2026: announced in March 2026, no Google listing, no confirmed opening date. We have not seen signage. Treat this as announced rather than imminent.
If it opens, it joins a crowded field — see the Convoy hot pot guide, where three malatang counters already compete.
Know something opening on Convoy? Send a tip — a photo of papered windows or a permit notice is enough to start tracking it.
Closures are the quietest thing that happens here, and the slowest to reach the big listing sites. These are ones we've confirmed.
The Beijing-headquartered Chongqing-style hot pot spot has permanently closed. It surfaced first in a passing remark inside a review of a different restaurant, then confirmed on Google. It was still listed as open by at least one major publication when we checked.
Go instead: YinTang or Yonny Mini for Sichuan heat. Its old page stays up at /spots/shancheng-lameizi so searches for the name get an answer.
Skewer-style chuan chuan hot pot, priced per skewer rather than all-you-can-eat. Now closed.
Closed and replaced in the same unit by Kanpai BBQ & Shabu, which now runs all-you-can-eat hot pot and Korean barbecue from the address.
That's three hot pot closures in one district. It's the clearest argument we know of for checking before you drive — and the reason every listing here carries a verification date.
Not every sign change is a new business. Two worth knowing:
Fish With You → Yonny Mini Hot Pot, 3904 Convoy. The sign changed in 2026 when they added a malatang bar, but it's the same restaurant, open since 2025, and the original suancai fish menu is intact. If you're searching for Fish With You, it hasn't gone anywhere.
Mikiya Wagyu Shabu House, 4225 Convoy, took over a previous hot pot restaurant's space and renovated it in January 2026. Same room, different everything else.
Recent openings in the Convoy District include Mikiya Wagyu Shabu House, which opened in January 2026 at 4225 Convoy Street, and Yuki Yuki Handcrafted Beverage & Kakigori on south Convoy. YGF Malatang opened on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard in mid-2026. Openings here run at several a year, concentrated in the plazas along Convoy Street and Clairemont Mesa Boulevard.
Shancheng Lameizi Hot Pot at 4225 Convoy Street has permanently closed. Nice 2 Meet U Chuan Chuan Hot Pot at 4428 Convoy Street is also closed, and Boiling Passion at 3904 Convoy Street was replaced by Kanpai BBQ & Shabu. Closures are often quiet here — the sign changes before the listings do, which is why this page exists.
Tanghuo Kungfu Hot Pot, a Sichuan malatang chain with locations in Los Angeles and Texas, was announced for 4344 Convoy Street Suite N in the Convoy Village Shopping Center. As of August 2026 it has no Google listing and no confirmed opening date, so treat it as announced rather than imminent.
Faster than most listings keep up with. In the hot pot category alone, three Convoy restaurants have closed in recent memory while at least four have opened since 2025. Chain locations also rebrand without moving — Fish With You became Yonny Mini Hot Pot in 2026 while keeping its original menu.
Openings and closings verified August 2026 against Google listings, health
records and in-person checks. Unconfirmed entries are labelled as such rather than left out.
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