Have you noticed that Lotus Thai (2101 North 45th Street) is closed? Wallyhood reader, Neil, tells us his wife spotted the sign on the door and paper on the windows, so we did some calling and got the scoop: The restaurant is now under new management, and we spoke to the new owner, Lucky, who told us that they're closed for remodeling. They hope to re-open some time in February, with a shiny, new name, "Silver Tray".
Ken wrote: I was walking past the papered-over storefront of the expired La Casa Azul today and noticed that a liquor license application has been posted on the front door. The replacement is called Chabela's Bar Grill, apparently. The liquor license is registered to Zaidozir, Inc and Mr. Andres Rizo Lopez, but that's about all we know for now. There was a restaurant named Chabela's in New York that served Dominican / Caribbean food, if that's a clue.
Heather over at Chow Foods wanted to let everyone know about a new promotion at TnT Taqueria (2114 N. 45th St.): Right now with every purchase we are handing out a small coin called a Churro Chip. The Chip is always good for a free churro; valued at a dollar, customers need to turn the coin in to get their churro. One day a week we have a Churro Chip special where we pick an item from our menu that the Chip…
While we're bidding our final farewells to all things Subway in Wallingford, Andrew snapped this picture today. Pho Than Bros is moving into the old Subway space on N. 45th at Corliss. The Than Brothers website says they should be open in January. That's right, folks, Pho is returning to Wallingford. Further proof that the world will not end tomorrow. Thanks for the pic and tip, Andrew!
SATAY Malaysian Street Food (1711 N. 45th Street) is celebrating its second anniversary this Sunday, December 9, and as a "thank you" to the community, they're giving a little something away in exchange for a small donation to Mercy Corps. Owner Peter Ringold gave us the scoop: Over the past two years we have been fortunate to have received tremendous support from the Wallingford community. We'd like to thank everyone for their support and invite them to come to Satay this Sunday, December 9th to celebrate…
Yoroshiku, the new Japanese restaurant in the old Joule space (1913 N. 45th St.) is now open, and Wallingford resident Ann Ishimaru went there on Sunday night and wrote to tell us all about it. Full disclosure, the owners of Yoroshiku are Ann's downstairs neighbors. But Ann gets major street cred for being a 4th generation Japanese American whose been to Japan several times; Plus, her daughter is in the Japanese language program at John Stanford International, and she's eaten A LOT…
Stone Way has been a busy corridor this past week, with Eltana Bagels opening at the Prescott Wallingford complex and Joule (re)opening at The Fremont Collective. Chef Renee Erikson (The Walrus and Carpenter) has also opened her newest restaurant, The Whale Wins, in The Fremont Collective (3506 Stone Way North). The menu features food with influences from southern Europe and northern Africa, with an emphasis on wood-fired vegetables like oven roasted tomatoes, radicchio, or cauliflower. Whole roasted trout, clams, chicken, or beef are…