Former Sala Thai building in Detroit’s Eastern Market is up for lease

The restaurant closed earlier this year after 20 years in business

By Randiah Camille Green

Aug 18, 2022 at 12:26 pm

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Steve Neavling

We miss those spicy noodles, damnit.

What will become of Sala Thai’s former space in the Eastern Market now that the long-standing restaurant has closed? We don't know, but it's now available for lease to another restaurant or retail space.

Property management company Beanstalk Real Estate Solutions posted an advertisement for the 2,600-square-foot space, located in a former firehouse on Russell Street.

The Eastern Market haunt with its wooden interior and heaping portions of spicy noodles quietly closed in April of 2022. An abrupt statement on Sala Thai’s Facebook page on April 9 announced it would be closing for business that same day.

Sala Thai originally opened in Detroit’s Lafayette Park neighborhood in 1994 and moved to the Eastern Market location in 2002, according to the restaurant’s website. Its Sterling Heights location remains open.

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Randiah Camille Green

After living in Japan and traveling across Asia, Randiah Camille Green realized Detroit will always be home. And when she says Detroit, she's talking about the hood, not the suburbs. She has bylines in Planet Detroit News , Bridge Detroit , BLAC magazine, and Model D .Her favorite pastimes are meditating on...