{"id":413170,"date":"2026-08-21T19:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413170\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:57:06","slug":"why-mai-thai-kitchen-is-leaving-lubbock-after-building-loyal-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413170\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Mai Thai Kitchen Is Leaving Lubbock After Building Loyal Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mai Thai Kitchen, a food truck that has a very loyal following and tons of buzz, is calling it quits here in Lubbock. The last day of service will be Friday, September 11th, or when the truck&#8217;s\u00a0inventory runs out (I have a feeling the latter will happen first).<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kfmx.com\/lubbock-pumpkin-patch\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Old MacDonald Farm In Lubbock Opens Pumpkin Patch Weekends This Fall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why Mai Thai Kitchen Is Closing In Lubbock<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MAITHAILBK\/posts\/pfbid02eqxmUD8xhsn2nKGJdEPz16EwvQM5Ydgm5juEdZQwMPJur1RuHzCre9yrSNv1BxE5l\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">social media post<\/a> from Mai Thai Kitchen, the truck has decided to wrap things up because the chef (truly the heart and soul of any food establishment) has a new opportunity: &#8220;\u200bOur chef has received an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime career offer that we simply couldn\u2019t pass up, which means our family will be moving on to a new chapter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kfmx.com\/atl-do-farms-2026\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What To Know Before Visiting Atl Do Farms This Season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans Respond To Mai Thai Kitchen&#8217;s Closing<\/p>\n<p>Many loyal fans left comments on the post, thanking Mai Thai for the incredible food, friendship and vibes. Others took it a step further, demanding to know where the Mai Thai family would end up next:<\/p>\n<p>Wait what?!?! Nooooooooooo!!! We are moving with y\u2019all.\u00a0where do I need to send coolers to so we can still get our fix?<\/p>\n<p>No seriously, congratulations on the offer.<\/p>\n<p>not me about to cry!? absolutely love yall!!! always so friendly i was skeptical when good trucks started around lubbock but yall definitely had me in a chokehold!!! CONGRATULATIONS on new beginning wishing you nothing but the best!! pls sell me all your crab rangoons !!!!!<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to try Mai Thai Kitchen while you can. And luckily for Lubbock there are other great spots for Thai food. I encourage you to explore all the wonderful locally owned spots we have in town.<\/p>\n<p>Why Lubbock&#8217;s 34th Street Is A Culinary Trip Around the World<\/p>\n<p>Want to dine around the world without leaving Lubbock? Try 34th Street, which is full of delicious, high-quality options from across the globe. <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Renee Raven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mai Thai Kitchen, a food truck that has a very loyal following and tons of buzz, is calling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-413170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}