Local Thai Restaurant Serves Last Meal Wednesday

For over two decades, Easton residents have been able to enjoy Thai delicacies such as Pad Thai and Chicken Satay, by just cruising down to the corner of Washington and Belmont Street, home of the

But that luxury is no more as of this week. The restaurant served its last meal Wednesday, after opening up 22 years ago.  Owner Vorathep “Lucky” Vumpavong said he will be moving out of the Marketplace Building Thursday. 

“We could not work out the lease,” he said Tuesday. 

Known to all as “Lucky,” Vumpavong and his wife, Ling, said they will miss all the customers who have frequented his restaurant.   Vumpavong did not want to comment as to why he didn’t renew the lease, but said it was a “long story.”  He also said he will not be opening up his business in another location. It is just “shutting down.”

 The owner of the building, Tony Kwan, could not be reached for comment. Kwan owns real-estate development company Cosmo Land, Inc., of Framingham.   

The restaurant will definitely be missed.   As one of the first businesses in the building, it has been a local favorite with not only local residents, but business people in the area. Ed Blum, who owns another business in the building, , said it’s been a great place to eat as well as a nice meeting place for staff and clients.

“It’s such a shame.  He is one of the first people to bring gastronomical diversity to the town – and people are very fond of him.”

Stoughton resident Cassie Thompson said she’s gone to the restaurant once a week to get her favorite dish, drunken noodles.  She said the noodles were the best of any Thai restaurant in the state, and now she’s not sure how she’ll fill the void.

 “It’s hard to get good Thai food,” she said.

Ling Vumpavong said she is “very sad” to be leaving, and that many people have told her how much they’ll miss them.   She said they’ve done a lot of business with , and that people have travelled from many area towns for take-out or dining in.

Besides the Thai Restaurant, the building houses , and a Persian restaurant, , which opened  last year.  Another business, Fuginitis Fine Furs, also left the premises recently.