Brennan Griffith: Nam Prik Pao

Brennan Griffith is not from Thailand, nor is he of Thai descent.
But Griffith's Thai-inspired pop-up Nam Prik Pao has been turning
heads and causing spicy sweats in the Richmond dining community.


"[Thai food] is what I'm most obsessed with," Griffith said when
asked why he chose that cuisine to base his business. "I love
other cuisines. But I haven't had that connection with anything
else to the degree that I have with Thai food."


Started in 2019 and reborn after the COVID-19 pandemic, Griffith
typically pops up at Sub Rosa Bakery in Church Hill.


"The first pop-up, my mom bought some extra tickets specifically
so I could invite other restaurant people. So some of the people
I invited were Evrim and Evin from Sub Rosa," Griffith said.
"Four courses into a seven-course meal, Evin's like, 'Brennan,
when are you doing this at Sub Rosa?' So that was another
validating moment of just having successful restaurant people say
like, 'this is delicious.'"


Listen to the entire podcast to hear why Robey thinks Brennan and
Nam Pril Pao succeed where some other Thai offerings in town do
not.


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