Kay Fuengarom is the owner of the Bang Bar Thai restaurant and lounge currently under constuction in the West Seattle Junction at 4750 California Ave. s.w.

It will be the third restaurant she has opened in the Northwest. One is in Everett, called Zab Thai Cuisine, open since 2007 and another in Northgate called Chaiyo Thai Cuisine, has been open since 1993.

"We're finishing up the construction hopefully by Sunday and then clean up on Monday...that's the plan right now," Feungarom said. She doesn't have an opening date as yet but said it would be before the end of May. "We tried to set it for May 11 but it didn't work out," she explained.

The cuisine offered at the Bang Bar won't be exclusively Thai. Instead it will be "asian-fusion" with influences and menu items from other asian cultures. They will also offer specialty cocktails in their full bar.

No live music will be offered "at least at first" Feungarom said and she estimates the restaurant will seat 70 in the dining area and 25 in the bar.

The interior design, in keeping with the menu is a combination of asian influences, is dark brown, with orange and charcoal accents. It was designed by Feungarom and her family and installed by the same contractor who worked on her other two restaurants.

Feungarom elected to open a restaurant in West Seattle in part because her sister lives here. "We've been out driving around, looking for a third place and we happened to find this location and we always wanted one in West Seattle, and my parents always wanted one in West Seattle. The former occupant of the space, Tom Young Koong was operated by her cousin.

They plan on having an Open House as well as a Grand Opening but Feungarom is trying to align the completion of the space with her "lucky dates" in keeping with her culture. Prior to that they plan a soft opening too in case it's "not lucky enough." Those will be announced soon.