Meet the Chef Behind Austin's Hottest New Restaurant

Austin Monthly Magazine

Meet the Chef Behind Austin's Hottest New Restaurant

At first glance, Lao’d Bar looks like the type of breezy tropical lounge you might encounter on an island vacation. But take a few steps through its open garage doors, and you’ll enter a world far beyond frozen drinks and cheeseburgers in paradise. Decorated in the style of a traditional Asian night market, the new concept helmed by chef Bob Somsith serves as Austin’s first Lao brick-and-mortar restaurant—and features some of the most exciting f…