MSP - Ketsana to become Naviya's Thai Kitchen

[Loren3]

Or so the banner outside said. I hope it's as good at Ketsana was at their best. I miss their curry duck.

I'll watch for the opening.

[davidharms]

I miss Ketsana's!!! Naviya's is not as good and is twice the price!!!

[Loren3]

not as good, but only 1.5 times the price. adequate curry meals but $10 a pop. they do have a lunch special where the app is free with an order of a main. if you split the meal with someone that's not too bad a deal. but i'm with you - i miss ketsana's, too.

[reannd]

Isn't that what is currently on 64th & Penn in Richfield? .. wonder what'll be there next. I don't miss Ketsana's, I miss Phuket Thai more (what was now Naviya's - which I heard specializes in curry - so you may be in luck Loren. I dislike curry, so I haven't been inside yet).

[murmeltier]

Sadly, I never made it to Ketsana, but I hope that Naviya's will up their game from what it was in Grand Marais. I'd be interested to know the details of their business up there--we went a few times as they were one of about three restaurants serving dinner past 9 p.m. My first try was pretty good--some take-out pad thai that wasn't too sweet, which won me over a bit. On a subsequent visit a few months later, we went in at about 8 p.m., and they had stopped serving the regular menu and were just doing a buffet. Pretty bad--just salty and gooey. I wondered if it was a result of being well "up north" that there was no heat factor whatsoever, and a lot of the dishes recalled Americanized Chinese.

Maybe they'll feel more comfortable being more authentic in the TC area.

[reannd]

Are you saying you went to the one in Grand Marais? There's one right now on 64th & Penn in Richfield, probably a mile and a half from Ketsana's old location..