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A Diner Car Filled With... Thai Food?
The former Jack's Diner has new life as the Lanna Thai Diner on Main Street.
Lanna Thai Diner
Overview: It’s the last place you’d expect to find a Thai restaurant. serves authentic Thai cuisine in an old-fashioned American diner car. This North Woburn gem serves a wide variety of classic Thai dishes for dine-in or to-go.
Decor: While both the exterior and the interior of Lanna Thai Diner represents more American diner chic than Oriental style, there are several decorative touches that make this place uniquely Thai, including the Siamese cat sculptures that you see as you walk in. Siamese cats are sacred in Thailand and they represent beauty and grace and serve as protectors of the establishment.
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Beverages: While you can have soda, juice or water here, a Thai dining experience is not complete without a special Thai Iced Tea or Iced Coffee. Lanna Thai Diner also offers hot ginger and green tea as well Thai Ginger Iced Tea and a Fruit Shake.
Appetizers: Lanna Thai Diner has a modest selection of appetizers including some specialties like Thai Rolls, Gyoza, Chicken Satay and Steamed Mussels. You can get combo platters, salads and soups as well.
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Entrees: There are separate lunch and dinner menus that consist of rice, noodle and curry dishes. Lunch dishes are reasonably priced and dinner options are more exotic. You can get anything from your classic Pad Thai, to Pad See-Ew to Massaman Curry. Try some unique dishes like the Sweet and Sour Brio Wan or the Bamboo with Clear Noodles. You can customize your meal with vegetables, tofu, beef, duck, seafood or chicken.
Desserts: Lanna Thai Diner has some of the most unique dessert options—even for a Thai restaurant. Choose from Roti (fried dough with milk and sugar), Khao Lam (purple rice, beans, coconut milk steamed in a bamboo stick), fried bananas or fresh mango with a hot sauce for dipping.
Service: Call ahead with your order and you can pick it up right at the diner. The car has four dining tables and a full-service counter.
Trivia: Built in 1952, the diner is part of the National Register of Historic Places. It started off as Jack's Diner, then saw life as Genia's Diner and Main Street Diner. It's been Lanna Thai Diner since 2004.
Lanna Thai Diner
901 Main Street
