"It didn't make it onto the Chronicle's list of "Where to celebrate the Year of the Fire Horse," but San Francisco's Little Saigon neighborhood is celebrating the Vietnamese Lunar New Year with a Tết Festival in the Tenderloin this Saturday. This free street fair will take over Larkin Street between Eddy and O'Farrell. Come out for the lion and dragon dances, and stay for the excellent Vietnamese food. We hear there will be music and a traditional dress competition, too."
"New Thai bar and eatery Wanjai Cafe opened on Monday at 678 Geary St. at Leavenworth, a bright labor of love by Ethan Pimsuk and his older sister. The orange facade is hard to miss, and inside the menu doesn't miss, either: Drink options range from matcha to avocado smoothies to beer on tap, and the food spans cuisines from Korean bulgogi to tacos to smoked salmon croissants for all-day brunch."
"Pimsuk, 34, said he taught himself to cook by watching YouTube videos, and recently moved back to the city after a stint running a Thai restaurant in the East Bay. "We love what we do, we love the business," Pimsuk said, explaining why they chose wanjai - "sweetheart" in Thai - as the name. "The cafe, the restaurant, it's like our sweetheart.""
"Thai is in season, it seems - a few blocks away at 385 Taylor St. at O'Farrell, the closed Million Thai Restaurant will soon reopen under new ownership and a new name: Khun Mae Thai Noodles. Management told us Khun Mae could open its doors as soon as Feb. 17, and will lean into more of a Thai-Lao style of cooking than its predecessors."
San Francisco's Little Saigon neighborhood will celebrate Vietnamese Lunar New Year with a free Tết Festival in the Tenderloin on Larkin Street between Eddy and O'Farrell. The fair will feature lion and dragon dances, Vietnamese food, music and a traditional dress competition. Wanjai Cafe opened at 678 Geary St. with an orange facade and a menu of drinks and eclectic dishes. Owner Ethan Pimsuk taught himself to cook via YouTube and named the cafe wanjai ('sweetheart'). Million Thai at 385 Taylor St. will reopen as Khun Mae Thai Noodles with a Thai-Lao focus, possibly Feb. 17. Eddy Street between Jones and Taylor was renamed Stephen Tennis Way to honor a longtime Tenderloin park steward who died in 2025.
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