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Bang Chop Thai Kitchen

West Loop · Thai Community-sourced, unverified
📍 605 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60661

Bang Chop Thai Kitchen has quietly operated as the Thai counterpart to Saigon Sisters' Vietnamese menu, both sitting within a short walk of each other on the same West Loop stretch of Lake Street since the mid-2010s. It's a small, fast-casual room rather than a sit-down destination, built around real workhorse dishes — pad see ew, fried chicken wings, a house-made green curry chicken — rather than a chef-driven tasting menu.

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House-made green curry chicken

The BYOB policy is a genuine value play in a neighborhood where restaurant markup on wine and beer adds up fast, and the kitchen covers real dietary range with halal meat options alongside gluten-free and vegetarian dishes.

It's the kind of unpretentious, decade-plus-old neighborhood spot that doesn't generate much fresh press anymore simply because it's been reliably doing the same thing well for years.

Specials at Bang Chop Thai Kitchen

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Hours

Mon-Fri11AM-7:30PM
Sat4PM-9PM
📅 Takes reservations 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 383-8828

Amenities & accessibility

📅Reservations accepted
❔Takeout: unverified
❔Wheelchair access: unverified
🙂Kid-friendly

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