The Southeast Division Street house has been empty since 2020, its interior gathering dust, its entrance blocked by a chainlink fence.
But for the 15 years prior to its pandemic-time closure, the humble building was home to Portland’s most famous restaurant.
Next week, Earl Ninsom, the restaurateur behind top Portland restaurants Langbaan, Hat Yai and Eem, will breathe new life into the old structure, bringing a new menu of Northern Thai dishes back to an address that once birthed a coast-to-coast restaurant empire…