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"I ate at a Thai dinner-only pop-up that started in late 2022 in the front of the bookstore, next to the wine racks and bar, where chef Lalita Kaewsawang—who emigrated from Thailand at 13 and has experience at three-Michelin-starred Manresa—serves starters like mieng (toasted coconut, peanuts, tamarind caramel, crispy shallots, and lime atop nasturtium leaves) and entrees such as a shrimp red curry with pineapple and apples or Monterey Bay black cod in a chile-lime broth." - Sharon McDonnell