Thalaiva’s Indian Kitchen
About
Thalaiva’s Indian Kitchen is a family-owned South Indian restaurant at 110 S Prospect Ave in Park Ridge that specializes in Kongunadu cooking from the Coimbatore region of Tamil Nadu. Regional dishes include kambu koozh, a fermented pearl millet porridge, kollu rasam made with horsegram, and paasipayaru kadayal from whole green gram, served alongside dosai, parotta and biryanis. The Park Ridge location has a small bar pouring Indian-inspired cocktails.
What to know
- The family has served Kongunadu cooking in the Chicago area since 2018.
- Chicago magazine reviewed the restaurant in the June/July 2025 issue.
- A second location operates at 618 Route 59 in Naperville.
- Thalapakattu goat biryani costs $22.99 on the Park Ridge menu.
- A live dosai counter can be booked for catered events.
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