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A mint-green Thai brunch cafe in Berkeley where the food leans toward Chiang Mai, not the usual pad thai circuit. The kitchen draws from northern Thailand and neighboring Laos, so flavors run sour and spicy rather than sweet. The New York Times called out the khanom krok specifically, and the Chronicle put it among the Bay Area's top 100 restaurants. The room is small and greenhouse-warm, the kind of place where nobody's trying to impress you.
The awards strongest first
- Eater Restaurant Where We'd Want to Be Regulars
- Los Angeles Times The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Thai restaurants in the SF Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Best brunch restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle #46 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area
- The New York Times 2025 · Khanom Krok · The 23 Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S. in 2025
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Berkeley restaurants
One number, weighted & current 84
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Khanom krok
“Khanom krok, the popular Thai street food staple, is the best way to kick off breakfast at Tanzie’s.”
The New York Times, 2025 -
Sai ua
“look no further than the fragrant, pungent sai ua ($8), house-made sausages flavored with herbs and spices.”
San Francisco Chronicle -
Lava eggs
“Those leanings are encapsulated in aromatic, bouncy sausages, which pair fabulously with “lava eggs,” a runny, open-faced omelet.”
San Francisco Chronicle -
Tom khanoon
“with the standout being the tom khanoon, stir-fried jackfruit paired with ground pork and pork rinds.”
San Francisco Chronicle
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