E-san Thai Cuisine
Thai restaurant chain based in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
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E-san Thai Cuisine is a Thai restaurant with multiple locations in the Portland metropolitan area, in the United States.
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 E-san Thai at the Alder Street food cart pod in 2013 | |
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| Food type | Thai |
| Location | United States |
History and locations
There was a stationary food cart in Vancouver, Washington, as of 2015.[1] The Vancouver had 36 food options with beef, chicken, pork, or tofu. The menu included Pad See Ew, Gang Garee, and Pad Kee Mao.[2] The food pod in Happy Valley, Oregon was slated to have an E-san cart, as of 2015.[3]
There was also a food cart at the Tidbit Food Farm and Garden food pod at the intersection of Southeast 28th Avenue and Division Street. The pod opened in 2014 closed in 2017.[4][5] BG's Food Cartel at The Round, a food pod in Beaverton, Oregon, had two E-San carts, as of 2018.[6]
The restaurant in downtown Portland's Haseltine Building closed in January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The restaurant's January 9 announcement read, "We want to thank our past crew members and especially our loyal customers for supporting E-San in our 22 years of being open. We are devastated to see it go, but also extremely grateful for the connections and experiences it has brought us as a family business."[7]
The restaurant participated in Portland's Dumpling Week in 2026.[8]
Menu at the Alder Street food cart pod, 2013
Southeast Portland restaurant, 2021
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Reception
In 2016 and 2017, E-san was a runner-up in the Best Pad Thai category in Willamette Week's annual readers' poll.[9][10]
