Taiwan-based restaurant group TTFB, which is also behind Century City’s Very Thai, just expanded its Los Angeles presence with the opening of Bobo Thai in Silver Lake on Sunday, August 2. The restaurant takes over the former Bar Moruno space, serving
a handful of pad Thai preparations alongside rice bowls and Bangkok street food–style snacks.
The menu opens with The 1938, a traditional pad Thai preparation with pork belly. Two Kings, which gets served with tofu, fuses pad Thai with tom yum, while Hot Stuff cranks up the heat with sausage, onions, tofu, and chile pepper. Easy Lover pairs pad Thai with green curry, chicken, and zucchini, and vegans can find an easy option with the vegetable-laden Garden Party, served with tofu, mushrooms, green beans, zucchini, and tamarind sauce. The rest of the noodle options span the Gold Rush, crispy noodles tossed in yellow curry; tom yum soup crowned with crispy enoki mushrooms; and pad see ew with pork, tofu, and broccoli. Meals can be rounded out with snacks that include shrimp toast, green curry chicken wings, and green curry eggplant fries.
A handful of cocktails are also available to sip in the indoor dining room or on the lush patio, including the Bobo Thai Spritz with lychee, raspberry, rose water, and rose, and the gin-based Tom Kha Booze with lemongrass, ginger, lime, and yuzu. TTFB is also slated to open Shann Shann Rice Bar next door to Bobo Thai in the space that was formerly chef Ricardo Zarate’s Causita, but there is no opening timeline yet.
88 Club closes to re-emerge as Tiger Tiger
Just a few months after Mei Lin stepped away from her upscale Beverly Hills Chinese spot, 88 Club, the restaurant has decided to rebrand. 88 Club suddenly shuttered in late July (Eater can confirm that customers with reservations got text messages announcing the change) and plans to reopen as Tiger Tiger; no reopening date has been announced yet.
Lucky’s Steakhouse opens in the Arts District
Tony steakhouse Lucky’s, which has locations in Montecito, Malibu, and New York, just expanded to the Arts District. The menu at the new location mirrors the others’ offerings with Caesar salad, pan-roasted half chicken, lobster tail, and a number of steaks and chops, including filet mignon, porterhouse, and lamb chops. Look out for daily specials including a Tuesday chicken Parmesan and Saturday prime rib.
Father’s Office teams up with Uoichiba for a hand roll
Chef Sang Yoon’s burger gastropub, Father’s Office, teams up with hand roll bar Uoichiba to serve a cheeseburger hand roll during the month of August. The hand roll, available at the Downtown and Sherman Oaks locations, includes wagyu beef, bacon fat-caramelized onions, Gruyere and Maytag cheeses, and arugula.
An extended tasting menu at Seline
Chef Dave Beran’s Michelin-starred Seline is now offering an extended version of its tasting menu priced at $465 per person. While the original menu offers 14 to 17 courses, the extended version will serve 24 to 27. Three beverage pairings are available: wine for $345, hybrid for $285, and non-alcoholic for $225.
