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Thai Restaurant

NaKorn

About

NaKorn is a Thai restaurant in downtown Evanston that co-owners Sam Rattanopas and Mina Sudsaard opened in fall 2016 in a former bank building. The name means metropolitan in Thai. The menu pairs old recipes with modern plating, served family-style, and includes duck confit red curry, braised short ribs and a whole crispy branzino. A full bar mixes cocktails that use Thai curries and herbs.

What to know

  • Rattanopas and Sudsaard met as children in Thailand and both moved to Chicago in the mid-1990s for graduate school, WTTW reported in 2023.
  • Online reservations cover tables of up to six, and larger groups book by email.
  • Walk-ins are welcome.
  • The spirit-free drink list includes The Evanstonian, made with massaman curry syrup and black garlic.

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