Mai House

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• Mai House, the newest Myriad restaurant, opened Thursday, November 2nd, at 186 Franklin Street in Tribeca. The restaurant is Vietnamese - co-owned with Chef/Partner Michael Bao Huynh. Born in Saigon, Chef Huynh cooks authentic Vietnamese food - including lacxa, sweet sour and spicy whole red snapper and fresh Dungeness crab. A selection of Vietnamese-inspired cocktails is available, along with sake, beer and wine.The loft space, located within a historic warehouse in Tribeca was designed by Michael Huynh and Glen M. Jones. Mai House has a casual, light and airy feel with hand-carved wood fixtures from Vietnam, crushed sunflower-seed walls, zebra wood banquettes, a mother-of-pearl and bamboo butcher-block bar and translucent Vietnamese lotus flower lights.Michael Bao Huynh has been named a James Beard Foundation Tastemaker and was one of New York Magazine's Best Chefs of 2003.