Good BYOB Thai Place?

[jough]

Does anyone know of a GOOD Thai place (preferably on the north side) that is also BYOB?

[sleopold]

BLUE ELEPHANT....DELICIOUS!!!! I don tknow the exact address but its like devon and inbetween Broadway and clark...so good and reasonable prices. Cute lil restaurant, very clean...

[jough]

Thanks for the replies, all. We ended up going to Penny's Noodle House in Wrigleyville but will definitely check out some others.

FWIW Penny's was okay, not great. Good outdoor seating area right next to the brown line tracks. Found a great Argentine Malbec (Chakara 2003) that pairs well with spicy Thai, too, so that should keep us looking for new BYOB places for the rest of the summer.

[aelph]

imo: choosing Penny's over any of the Thai places Erik M mentions is like going to Ponderosa instead of Primehouse

[jough]

We left before I could see Erik's reply, but I'm happy to hear you say that, because I didn't find Penny's to be all that good (although I've had much worse, too).

[aelph]

well...I admit to enjoying their bamee noodle soup; years ago in a galaxy far far away Penny's(ca. early-90's) was one of my first introductions to "Thai" food.

You'd do well to explore Opart, Rosded, Spoon *translated menu*, and TAC *translated menu* (among others) to get a finger on serious Chicago Thai

and...yeah...you can easily do worse than Penny's

[Chew on That]

You're in luck....one of my absolute favorite Thai restaurants happens to be BYOB! It's called Cozy, and they have two locations: one in Evanston, and one in Wrigleyville (Chicago).

Cheap and DELICIOUS food, fast service (but you can hang out for awhile), fun atmosphere, and...BYOB!

Here is the link for the Chicago one: http://www.cozychicago.com/cozy/rollI...

Enjoy!

Hillary
chewonthatblog.com

[deesher]

TAC Quick at 3930 N. Sheridan is exceptional. Ask for the Thai menu (kindly translated by Erik M.). There is a liquor store a few doors down with a decent selection of beers, and it is very close to the red line.

[jennykrause]

I am a huge fan of Thai Lagoon just east of Western on North Avenue. Its a tiny place, but has great, cheap Thai food!

[YoYoPedro]

Butterfly Sushi & Thai in the 1100 block of West Grand is a nice neighborhoody place that encourages BYOB, brings ice buckets, etc. And gives you the option to have great sushi with or instead of your Thai food.

[jayh]

Erik did not include my personal favorite BYO Thai rest., which is Opart on Western just south of Lawrence (at Brown Line's Western stop). (I have been to all of the rests. he listed, for what it is worth.)

[Erik M]

You are more than welcome to carry in at Thai Avenue, Spoon Thai, Sticky Rice, Aroy Thai, and Rosded.

Thai Avenue
4949 N. Broadway
773.878.2222

Spoon Thai
4608 N. Western
773.769.1173

Sticky Rice
4018 N. Western
773.588.0120

Aroy Thai
4654 N. Damen
773.275.8360

Rosded
2308 W. Leland
773.334.9055

For additional information on the food at these restaurants see this previous post of mine:

http://www.chowhound.com/topics/42210...

E.M.

[wak]

Spoon Thai was outstanding on our recent visit. Its also within a block of the Brown Line Western Ave. stop, so very convenient.