Soothr Opens in Queens With an All-Day Cafe and a Speakeasy | Eater NY

"Inspired by Bangkok’s Chinatown, this second outpost of the popular East Village Thai restaurant opened on Wednesday, September 24, at 25-20 43rd Avenue, at Hunter Street, in Long Island City. The Queens location, also from chef Chidensee Wattanawongwat, Kitiya Mokkarrat, and Supatta Banklouy, offers a larger space with multiple dining areas and an expanded roster of dishes like Dungeness crab curry and Yaowarat-style five-spice roasted duck. The restaurant is divided into three rooms with distinct designs: the Red Zone has the moody feel of a Hong Kong cocktail bar, the Green Zone conjures a Cha Chaan Teng diner, and the Garden has skylights and greenery. Hidden behind the Red Zone is a restaurant-within-a-restaurant, the Sato Room, which by day is Sato tea bar serving Vietnamese coffee, premium loose teas, and hot Thai tea with a poached egg on the site with daytime light bites like bao and dumplings, then shifting in the evening to small plates and drinks in a vintage Chinese coffee shop setting with retro posters and handmade paper lanterns lining the walls." - Melissa McCart