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Pat Thai Restaurant
Tel. 973-257-1444
getpatthai@gmail.com
http://www.patthai.net

Critically Acclaimed Thai Restaurant Re-Opens in Parsippany, New Jersey

PARSIPPANY, NJ, June 15, 2007 -- Pat Thai, the acclaimed North Jersey Thai restaurant with a devout cult following, has relocated from its original spot on Bloomfield Avenue in Bloomfield to a new, larger space in homey section of Parsippany known as Lake Hiawatha.

The restaurant, known for its flavorful, fiercely authentic Thai cuisine and laid-back atmosphere, was recently listed as one of NJ’s Top 25 ‘Cheap Eats’ by New Jersey Monthly, and was featured as one of the Top Three Meals of 2006 by City Belt magazine.

“The welcome has been tremendous,” manager Jerry Hocek explains of the new location. “We’re very happy about the move to Parsippany.” In addition to a larger, airier dining room, bigger booths and tables, and an updated, peaceful décor, the reopened Pat Thai boasts perhaps its greatest new amenity – private bathrooms. “The original Pat Thai had to share bathrooms with the former landlord’s dive bar next door,” Jerry recalls of the old space, which housed seating for twenty in a cozy, hole-in-the-wall type storefront.

Pat herself, the owner, chef and namesake of the Thai food gem, hails from Surin, Thailand, an area recognized for its habit-forming regional cuisine (and home to the world famous Elephant Roundup Festival). She began her stateside career in January 2000, when she arrived in NYC for the first time wearing wonderfully fashionable high-heeled shoes – in the middle of a blizzard. After obtaining the proper footwear, Pat found employment at a popular sandwich spot in Hell’s kitchen, where she rose quickly through the ranks to the management level. After two years cutting her teeth in NYC, Pat shifted her sights to Jersey, and Bloomfield’s Pat Thai was born. Focusing on complex, authentic flavors, home-style preparations, and the joys of a relaxed, homemade meal, the restaurant soon generated an underground following and the attention of ethnic food aficionados across the region. Jerry, an Internet Marketing Consultant and a customer of the Bloomfield eatery at the time, built Pat a simple, but far-reaching website. Soon people from as far as West Milford, Kenilworth and Morristown, New Jersey were browsing the menu on the website, flocking to Bloomfield and unavoidably getting hooked on Pat’s cuisine.

Pat Thai differs from other similar restaurants in that the food is truly made to order by knowledgeable hands. Pat and her talented mother, a former proprietor of a successful confectionary business in Thailand, and several other highly skilled staff members man the kitchen.

Pat Thai’s extensive menu offers over a hundred authentic Thai options for western palates and ethnic-food hounds alike. With its addictively calm, unpretentious atmosphere, the patron-friendly BYO is the perfect spot for a bottle of wine and some good conversation. Take-out and private catering is also available.

The new Pat Thai is located at 435 North Beverwyck Rd, Lake Hiawatha, NJ. For menu, reviews, and directions visit www.patthai.net

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