Apparently a new Thai restaurant (yes, another one) is set to open in the recently-shuttered Caffe Bella Venezia on Post & Jones — named iThai. We never ate there mainly because the burgers from Pearl’s next door always had a bigger draw and touristic Venice paintings for a decor don’t do much for us.
Tender sources tell us they had good food, but were extremely slow since they made everything to order. We have no idea if the new place is going to be any good, or simply catering to the tourists/AoA crowd in the area (along the lines of Pick me Up Pizza a few doors down). We just know what the wallpaper promises: “Bangkok street food”. But we have to give them props for the name, which is oh so clever, not overdone, or San Francisco techie at all… More details soon.
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AoA?
Finally, a place to get Thai in the neighborhood!
Slow isn’t the word. The food at Venezia was great, but the wait times were outrageous.
It sounds stoopid, but they made a great Caesar salad simply because the dressing was made from scratch. While that might explain waiting forty-five minutes for your dinner to arrive (I still think that’s excessive), it doesn’t explain waiting twenty minutes to order.
It was a restaurant begging for one of those cooking channel reality shows to step in and shake things up.
Joh: AoA == The Academy of Arts University, “The School of Art School”.
well, they promise bangkok street food! i’m looking forward to that! there is nothing better than eating at the hawkers in bkk!!!
I’m a Zen Yai guy. Try the green curry fried rice. So good!