Simply Thai | Our Story
From a food van to your table
Simply Thai is a family story — one that started with a mother, a food van, and the kind of cooking people still talk about decades later. Matt and Vonne brought that legacy to North Carolina, and it's the foundation of everything we serve.
Chan, the food van lady
In 1980s Visalia, California, Matt and Vonne's mother Chan built a devoted following selling Southeast Asian food from a van. Decades on, her regulars still remember her by name — the "Food Van Lady" who cooked with generosity and no pretense.
Elon, 2009
Taking their mother's spirit as their guide, Matt and Vonne opened Simply Thai in Elon, North Carolina in 2009 — a place where Thai and Lao cuisine and creative sushi could share a menu and a warm room.
A second home in Jamestown
In December 2017, Simply Thai opened on East Main Street in Jamestown, bringing the same family-rooted hospitality to a second North Carolina community.
The same table, every time
The dining rooms are stylish and the bars well stocked, but what hasn't changed is the reason we're here — one family's love of great cooking and the simple pleasure of sharing it.
