Mai's

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Mai's
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Mai's (the United States)
Restaurant information
Established1978
OwnerAnna Pham [1]
Food typeVietnamese
Dress codecasual
Location3403 Milam Street, Houston, Harris, Texas, 77002, United States
Coordinates 29°44′28″N95°22′48″W / 29.741192°N 95.379959°W / 29.741192; -95.379959
Website maishouston.com

Mai's is a Vietnamese restaurant in Houston, Texas that first opened in 1978.

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It is located in Midtown. [2]

History

Originally opened in 1978 by Phin and Phac Nguyen, [1] Mai's was the first restaurant in Houston to feature Vietnamese cuisine. [3] The couple named the restaurant after their daughter, who took over the business in 1990. [1] Her name means "golden flower", and this meaning, of significance to the family, along with its relatively simple pronunciation, was a reason for its selection. [4] Mai had a signature dish, a beef stew. [5]

A fire on February 15, 2010 caused most of the roof to collapse. [6] The fire did not cause any injuries reported to authorities. [7]

Authorities determined the incident was caused by a wok that caught fire. [3] The restaurant re-opened on April 16, 2011. [3] The business has since been passed down to Mai's daughter Anna. [1] Phin Nguyen died in 2017. [8]

Anthony Bourdain visited Mai's when he went to Houston in 2015. That year he stated the restaurant gave him "The first great meal and most memorable great meal I had in Houston". [9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The History of Mai's Restaurant". Mai's. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ There are separate boundaries for the Midtown Super Neighborhood and the Midtown Management District. See City of Houston maps: Midtown Super Neighborhood and Management district map. Retrieved on June 4, 2019. - Also see: 2006 Midtown Management District Land Use Map and "SERVICE AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEARS 2015-2024 Archived January 29, 2018, at the Wayback Machine ." Midtown Houston Management District. Retrieved on April 4, 2009. Map on page 25/25 of the PDF.
  3. 1 2 3 Abrahams, Tom (April 18, 2011). "Mai's re-opens a year after devastating fire". KTRK-TV. Archived from the original on April 19, 2011.
  4. ↑ Roth, Hope (September 21, 2017). "Little Saigon (Houston, Texas)". In Ueda, Reed (ed.). Content from America's Changing Neighborhoods: An Exploration of Diversity through Places (3 volumes). ABC-CLIO. pp. 770–772. ISBN   9781440828652. - Previews of book pages CITED: p. 771.
  5. ↑ Morago, Greg (May 1, 2011). "Mai's is better than ever". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  6. ↑ Glenn, Mike (February 15, 2010). "Popular Midtown restaurant Mai's catches fire". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Two-alarm restaurant fire blamed on wok cooking". KTRK-TV. February 15, 2010. Archived from the original on February 17, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  8. ↑ Alfonso, Fernando III (August 7, 2017). "Phin Nguyen, founder of Mai's Restaurant, has died". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  9. ↑ Bishop, Amy (November 5, 2015). "Anthony Bourdain On Food, Art, And His Favorite Place To Eat In The Bayou City". Houston Public Media . Retrieved June 12, 2022. - Audio file
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