Street Food Flavor Finds a Welcome Spot at the Santa Barbara Public Market
Three Monkeys Finds a Second Home with Thai and Vietnamese Casual Options
Chef Nui Pannak and her partners Jerry Lee and Emre Balli have a brand-new, additional culinary playground in the Santa Barbara Public Market, Three Monkeys, specializing in Thai street food.
After maximizing every single inch of available space in their Empty Bowl Gourmet Noodle Bar kitchen — which remains a destination hub of delicious activity just a few steps away in the indoor food hall — mouthwateringly exotic aromas now also emanate from the rear corner of the market, where the three partners have taken over an increasingly busy area that will soon be even buzzier when a planned cocktail bar takes residence in the area currently filled with big-screen TVs and communal tables.
Pannak created the menu with inspiration from her native Thailand, where “if you go to any corner of any street, they have something on the grill or on the skewer,” she said.
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