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Shuttered Thaiku Restaurant Pops Up at Copper Gate

Ballard’s destination for aquavit cocktails goes Thai for a night in honor of its sibling bar and restaurant.

Allecia Vermillion
Author: Allecia Vermillion
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The ship is sailing on. Photo via Facebook.

Since closing in December, Ballard restaurant Thaiku (along with its apothecary-bar sibling Fu Kun Wu) is still seeking a permanent home. Meanwhile, some of Thaiku’s original staff has put together a pop-up dinner set for next week.

The just-announced meal will be Thursday, May 31, at Copper Gate, a Norse-inspired Ballard bar-staurant also owned by Thaiku proprietor Jon Alberts. His jazz trio, previously Fu Kun Wu’s resident band, relocated to the aquavit-and-pinup-filled Copper Gate and will be playing live from 8 to 11 that night.

Unlike most pop-ups, the menu is a la carte, and plates like larb gai (ground chicken in chili and fish sauce, with lime juice) and grilled skewers of pork or prawns, will cost between $7 and $12. And yes, there will be herb-infused cocktails as well. Seating is first come, first served, and dinner runs from 5 until midnight.

Alberts says the search continues for a new location for his Thai restaurant and cocktail bar. Meanwhile, these dinners might pop up again at Copper Gate this summer.




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Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion has spent a decade at Seattle Met, arriving as food and drink editor, and expanding her role over the years. She served as the magazine’s editor in chief until moving into a newly created executive editor role in 2021. She spearheads Seattle Met’s food and drink coverage and oversees home design content. Allecia’s writing has earned her multiple journalism awards and two James Beard Award nominations over the years. A native of Portland, Oregon, Allecia began her writing life as a newspaper reporter in the Chicago suburbs before making a grateful return to the Pacific Northwest. She has an English degree from Washington University (no, the one in St. Louis) and a masters in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.