E-san Thai Cuisine

E-san Thai Cuisine
E-san Thai at the Alder Street food cart pod in 2013
Restaurant information
Food typeThai
CountryUnited States

E-san Thai Cuisine is a Thai restaurant with multiple locations in the Portland metropolitan area, in the United States.

History and locations

There was a stationary food cart in Vancouver, Washington, as of 2015.[1] The Vancouver had 36 food options with beef, chicken, pork, or tofu. The menu included Pad See Ew, Gang Garee, and Pad Kee Mao.[2] The food pod in Happy Valley, Oregon was slated to have an E-san cart, as of 2015.[3]

There was also a food cart at the Tidbit Food Farm and Garden food pod at the intersection of Southeast 28th Avenue and Division Street. The pod opened in 2014 closed in 2017.[4][5] BG's Food Cartel at The Round, a food pod in Beaverton, Oregon, had two E-San carts, as of 2018.[6]

The restaurant in downtown Portland's Haseltine Building closed in January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The restaurant's January 9 announcement read, "We want to thank our past crew members and especially our loyal customers for supporting E-San in our 22 years of being open. We are devastated to see it go, but also extremely grateful for the connections and experiences it has brought us as a family business."[7]

Reception

In 2016 and 2017, E-san was a runner-up in the Best Pad Thai category in Willamette Week's annual readers' poll.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Pinsky, Rachel (2015-09-22). "E-San Thai - Food Truck & Game of Chance". VancouvEATER. Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  2. ^ Livingston, Karen (2015-11-27). "Thai food cart, brewpub a perfect combination". The Columbian. Archived from the original on 2016-07-16. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  3. ^ Walsh, Chad (2015-06-10). "Happy Valley to Get Giant Food Cart Pod This Summer". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  4. ^ DeJesus, Erin (2014-06-18). "New Cart Pod/Nursery Slated for SE Division and 28th". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  5. ^ Korfhage, Matthew (2017-08-14). "One of the Largest and Most Popular Food Cart Pods in Portland Is Closing to Become Apartments". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2021-11-27. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  6. ^ Ross, Thomas (2018-04-11). "BG's Food Cartel Brings the Pod to Beaverton". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  7. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2021-01-20). "Beloved Beer Bar Bailey's Taproom Has Closed For Good". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  8. ^ "Best of Portland Reader's Poll 2016: The Complete List of Winners". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  9. ^ "Here are the Winners of the Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2017". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
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