Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro
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| Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro | |
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 2025 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 2007 |
| Food type | vegetarian Thai cuisine |
| Location | 608 Congress St, Portland, Maine, 04101 |
| Coordinates | 43°39′13.71″N 70°15′46.89″W / 43.6538083°N 70.2630250°W |
| Reservations | No |
| Website | greenelephantmaine |
The Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro is a vegetarian restaurant serving Thai cuisine in Portland, Maine, which opened in 2007 in the city's Arts District.[1] A second Green Elephant restaurant is located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[2] Both have received critical attention for their vegetarian dishes.
The restaurant was opened by chef Danai "Dan" Sriprasert and business partner Bob Wongsaichua at 608 Congress Street across from the State Theatre building. Sriprasert and Wongsaichua also own Boda, a Thai restaurant that serves some meat dishes. The restaurant is named as green represents vegetarian cooking and elephants are considered lucky.[3]
A 2011 The Maine Magazine review by Joe Ricchio reported: "Sriprasert’s mother, who owned a restaurant in Thailand, taught him how to cook from a very early age ... His mother never used written recipes, and by cooking alongside her he began to develop his own personal style."[4]
In 2015, a second Green Elephant opened at 35 Portwalk Place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the Portland restaurant closed for a month and a half before reopening.[5]