The Best Thai Food in Chicago
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The best Thai food in Chicago, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and Eater have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Ghin Khao comes out on top.
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Taan and Andy’s Thai Kitchen hold the next two places. Eater shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with the Michelin Guide next.
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Rank 1. Ghin Khao
Northern Thai
The name translates to "eat rice," which turns out to be solid advice. This casual Northern Thai spot on Cermak runs BYOB, with graffiti-style signage, colorful murals, and hip-hop keeping the room from taking itself too seriously. The menu is short, the flavors run hard at spicy, salty, sour, and sweet all at once, and the Michelin Bib Gourmand means the math works in your favor. Bring friends and a cooler.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Eater Eater: Chicago’s Best Thai Food
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Rank 2. Taan
Thai Wine Bar
Taan is a Thai restaurant and wine bar on West Augusta in Humboldt Park, where the menu rotates with whatever produce shows up and noodles are conspicuously absent. Fish, meat, and vegetables get cooked in traditional Thai sauces instead, with wings glazed in fish sauce caramel and a small, shifting wine list that includes bottles from Logan Square's Middle Brow. Expect the kind of neighborhood spot where nobody asks you to dress up.
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Rank 3. Andy’s Thai Kitchen
Central Thai
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Rank 3. Aroy Thai
Thai
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Rank 3. EaThai
Thai
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Rank 3. Herb
Modern Thai
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Immm Rice & Beyond is a casual Thai street food counter on Broadway, where the hot bar up front does the talking and the staff will hand you samples if nothing looks familiar. At lunch you can build a plate of rice or noodles with up to three curries, stews, or wok-tossed things, and a chalkboard behind the counter tracks the day's specials. It's Eater's pick for Chicago's best Thai food, and you order at the counter.
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Rank 3. In-On Thai
Central Thai
In-On Thai is a casual Uptown Thai spot with a short menu built around Central Thai cooking, the sort of place where the salad section gets more thought than most restaurants give their entrees. The green bean salad arrives with hard-boiled eggs and tender shrimp in a sharp, sour sauce. The fried chicken is the easy first order, and it's wise to say you can handle the heat and mean it. Online ordering is available.
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Rank 3. Same Same
Bangkok-style Thai
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