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Fortune
Irina Ivanova

Manhattan restaurant ‘Thai Food Near Me’ went viral a week before it even opened: ‘It’s exactly what I search for on Google’

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When four friends decided to open a new Thai restaurant in Manhattan, the first order of business — and topic of debate — was what to call it. The brainstorm continued off and on until the four found themselves in a car together and someone blurted out, “Thai food near me.” 

“There was a big pause and the name suddenly stuck — we immediately said, that's the one,” Robert Sampson, one of the four owners, told Fortune.

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