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Pok Pok
Pok Pok was a group of Thai restaurants based in Portland, Oregon, founded and led by chef Andy Ricker. Pok Pok won both local recognition and major industry awards, with ''The Oregonian'' describing the restaurant as "one of those quintessentially Portland institutions, a sort of rags-to-riches story of the street cart that became a restaurant that became a legend." The main restaurant was located on Southeast Division Street in Portland; with its success Ricker opened satellite locations elsewhere in Portland, and at various times in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. Its remaining locations closed in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. History The first Pok Pok opened in 2005, specializing in street food and northern Thai cuisine that Ricker had eaten on his travels, especially through Chiang Mai. The restaurant grew in recognition, being named The Oregonian's 2007 Restaurant of the Year, and featured in a 2009 episode of Guy Fieri's ''Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives''. In 2011, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Ricker
Andy Ricker (born 1963) is an American chef, restaurateur and cookery writer, known for his skill and expertise in northern Thai cuisine. Career Beginning his working life as a dishwasher in Vermont when he was a teenager, he accumulated culinary knowledge whilst backpacking and working and staging in restaurants in countries such as New Zealand, Australia and Thailand, and at Raymond Blanc's Michelin star restaurant ''Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons'' near Oxford, England. His first visit to Thailand was in 1987. From 1992 onward, he continued his travels to Thailand, staying there for several months each year to study Thai food culture. Restaurants and bars * Pok Pok, Portland (November 2005) * Ping (2009–2012; 2020–2021) * Whiskey Soda Lounge, Portland (December, 2009) * Pok Pok Noi (March 2011) * Pok Pok Wing (renamed: Pok Pok Phat Thai) (January 2012) * Pok Pok Ny, New York (April 2012) * Sen Yai, Portland (May 2013) * Whiskey Soda Lounge Ny, New York (August 2013) * Pok P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiskey Soda Lounge
Whiskey Soda Lounge was a bar and Thai restaurant by Andy Ricker in Portland, Oregon's Richmond neighborhood, in the United States. Located across the street from Ricker's Pok Pok restaurant, the whiskey-centric bar closed in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Portland The Portland restaurant began serving happy hour in 2010. The restaurant served brunch from 2016 to 2017. Oma's Hideaway replaced Whiskey Soda Lounge, after closing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brooklyn Ricker opened a second Whiskey Soda Lounge in Brooklyn, also near a Pok Pok location, in August 2013. It was unable to find a sufficient customer base, and closed less than two years later. See also * Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States * List of defunct restaurants of the United States References External links Whiskey Soda Loungeat ''Portland Monthly'' Whiskey Soda Loungeat '' Travel + Leisure'' Whiskey Soda Loungeat ''Willamette Week'' Whiskey Soda Loungeat Zaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Restaurants In Los Angeles
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2018 Disestablishments In New York (state)
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5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Thai Restaurants
This is a list of notable Thai restaurants, which specialize in Thai cuisine and dishes: * Camile – an Irish restaurant chain that serves Thai cuisine * Eem – Thai barbecue restaurant and cocktail bar in Portland, Oregon * E-san Thai Cuisine – Portland, Oregon metropolitan area * Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro – Portland, Maine in the Art's District * Hat Yai – Portland, Oregon * Jay Fai – a street side restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, it received one star in the inaugural Bangkok 2018 Michelin Guide. * Kiin Kiin – a Thai cuisine restaurant located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of the few Thai restaurants in the world to receive a Michelin star. * Langbaan, Portland, Oregon * Nong's Khao Man Gai, Portland, Oregon * PaaDee, Portland, Oregon * Pok Pok – has locations in Portland, Oregon and New York City. Pok Pok NYC received a Michelin star. * Royal Dragon Restaurant – in Bangkok, Thailand was recorded in the Guinness World Records as the world's la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Restaurants In New York City
This is a list of notable restaurants in New York City. A restaurant is a business which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money, either paid before the meal, after the meal, or with an open account. New York City is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York metropolitan area. This list is based on restaurants or restaurant chains that originated in New York City. Restaurants in New York City * 54 Below * Bickford's * BurritoVille * Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill * Grotta Azzurra * The Halal Guys * El Internacional * Jahn's * Jing Fong * Joe's Shanghai * Kennedy Fried Chicken * Lucciola (Italian restaurant) * Korilla BBQ * Max and Mina's * The Meatball Shop * Mo Gridder's * Munson Diner * Old Homestead Steakhouse * Piccolo Cafe * Ravagh Persian Grill * T.G.I. Friday's – first location opened in 1965 in New York City * Xi'an Famous Foods * Zaro's Bakery Brooklyn * Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Defunct Restaurants Of The United States
Below is a list of defunct restaurants of the United States. Defunct restaurants in the United States * Arthur Treacher's fish and chips, one location remains * Aunt Jemima's Kitchen * Big Daddy's Restaurants * Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill * Bill Knapp's * Blue Boar Cafeterias * Boston Sea Party * Bresler's Ice Cream * Briazz * Brigham's a Boston-area ice cream parlor and restaurant chain that closed in 2013 * Britling Cafeterias * Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse * Burger Chef * Carrols Restaurant Group * Cheeseburger in Paradise * Chi-Chi's * Childs Restaurants * China Coast * Clifton's Cafeteria * Clock * Coon Chicken Inn * Cuppy's Coffee * Deco Refreshments, Inc. * Dee's Drive-In * Don Pablo's closed in 2019 * Druther's * Dubrow's Cafeteria * Earl Abel's * Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour * Forum Cafeterias * Fresh Choice * Geri's Hamburgers * Gino's Hamburgers * Henry's Hamburgers * Holly Tree Inn * Horn & Hardart * Horne's * Hot Shoppes, Inc. * Howard Johnson's a restaurant chain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
