A Thonglor diner known for potent cocktails and top-notch, street food-inspired recipes will close indefinitely, with its owner blaming lockdown measures which prevent the sale of alcohol.
Three months after he celebrated its 10th anniversary, owner Jarrett Wrisley said the booze ban and limited operating hours had inflicted pain in “unmanageable ways,” leading him to announce the bad news, though he hinted it may not be forever.
“To all of you wonderful people who’ve become part of our family over the past decade: We’ve made a difficult but necessary decision to put our little restaurant, Soul Food Mahanakorn, to sleep for awhile, and rouse it when things get better in Bangkok,” Wrisley wrote on social media.
The closure is effective immediately. The American food writer-turned-restaurateur reasoned that shutting the door, although “painful,” was…
