Due to the ever expanding international trading market, there is an incredible surplus of shipping containers lying unused at ports around the world. Now, restaurateurs are beginning to take notice and form restaurants out of these materials.
Up until now, the restaurants involved have been mainly small operations, but now Starbucks has gotten in on the game. The coffee giant announced plans to convert four shipping containers into a shop in the Seattle area. Brooklyn, New York plays host to something called the Dekalb Market, which is a collection of performance spaces and restaurants. One company at the forefront of the shipping container boom is called Muvbox, which has installed pop-up restaurants in places like Montreal and Paris made from shipping containers.
Perhaps the most visible shipping installation has been that of Snack Box in Times Square. With a surplus of these materials and a desire to recycle growing in many communities, shipping containers could become the next popular material for restaurant construction.
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