“I think Madison is ready for more Lao food, right?” Ounprason Inthachith, owner of Sern Sapp, a new, authentic Laotian cuisine restaurant on Williamson Street, tells Madison365. “We’ve been open for about a month and it has been great so far.”
Sern Sapp Restaurant is in a space that is very familiar to lovers of Lao cuisine. Lao Laan-Xang, which closed back in 2022 after 25 years on Willy Street, was founded by his mother and sister, Bounyong and Christine Inthachith, and was managed for years by his brother, Sone Inthachith. Lao Laan-Xang still has its location on Atwood Avenue, where it remains very popular.
Sern Sapp’s website describes the new place as aiming to be “a close-knit place where community meals will be a norm, where meeting new friends will lead to new shared stories and time will slow and stretch out a little but for us to enjoy each other’s company over delicious meals and some spirits.” One of the restaurant’s goals is to bring everyday Lao comfort food to Madison…