For the past couple of years, this location has been home to Conduit, a hip-ish Valencia Street place serving I forget what kind of food. I only dined there once during those two years, and it looks like everyone else did just that. For now it's changed into Another Monkey. Owned by the same people that owned Conduit, and still own Koh Samui and The Monkey, this is not just another Monkey, but another Thai restaurant.
I know it was Saturday night in the Mission, and I know there was a packed Greek Night in the parking lot the other side of the street, but even so Another Monkey surprised us by being totally full - all tables in this far from tiny place were in use.
We soon learned that virtually everyone else had a Groupon dining discount. No matter, it didn't bother us a bit that we were paying the full price for dinner - it still felt a bargain.
Our Crispy Calamari, Bags of Gold (minced chicken and shrimp wrapped in rice paper), Lamb to Die For, and Grilled Bangkok BBQ Chicken were accompanied by a variety of sweet and spicy - but not too spicy - chili sauces.
Another Monkey had a nice, warm atmosphere - helped no doubt by its being packed. Let's hope they don't have to hand out discount vouchers every night to make that happen.
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