Following a successful run as a pandemic pop-up earlier this year, homestyle Thai restaurant Thaimee Love, from celebrated chef Hong Thaimee, is settling into a permanent Greenwich Village location at 116 West Houston Street, near Sullivan Street, on October 1.
The cozy, 30-seat restaurant is an expansion on the popular range of homey Thai fare that Thaimee offered at her well-liked pop-up, including yum pooh, or crab salad; crowd-pleasing crispy Chiang Mai fries; and roti ghang kiaw wan ghae, a tender lamb shank braised slowly in green curry and served with Thai eggplant, long chilis, and Thai basil. “I used the pop-up to basically test the market,” the chef says. “If I’m wanting to push the envelope of Thai cooking, would I be well accepted? Turns out, I gained more friends.”
For the permanent shop, Thaimee divided the menu into starters, soups, nahm prik, or chili…
