Chicagoist: Delivery and Carryout: Yes Thai - Ravenswood

Joel

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:21:14 -0600

Yeah, after Yes Thai and the Hop Leaf, all you need to do is hit LaTache for my personal triumverate. And RIP Zaky's.

jw

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:10:24 -0600

lived across the park from yes for a couple of years. everybody will call it something different... if you follow the real estate peeps or the trib then the desirable brand-name neighborhoods (andersonville/lincoln square) expand at the expense of those less-desirable (uptown) or unknown (bowmanville). for my money, andersonville ends at the metra tracks, but at the same time as you cross under them moving west up around there you see signs saying "welcome to east andersonville." whatever. but as to the topic at hand, yes is one of the many really good thai places around lincoln square (so don't worry, roderick). for my money, opart (western/leland) has the best food around those parts, but yes scores points for presentation, delivery, and a sidewalk seating area in the summer. but between the review of this place and costello's, i feel like chicagoist is invading my mental list of preferred dining establishments... now get out!

Faith

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:04:26 -0600

How can you tell? Can't see a damn thing on that map. /pathetic joke.

Erin

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:28:45 -0600

Um, wow! I suppose you learn something new every damn day, don't you? Thank, Slats! I'll change it now!

Slats

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:22:57 -0600

If you go by the U of C's Local Community Research Committee -- I refer you to pp. 190-191 of your Encyclopedia of Chicago -- 5211 N. Damen is squarely in Lincoln Square. But the map also treats Ravenswood as a subset of Lincoln Square, just as Andersonville is treated as a subset of Edgewater. Most people prefer to go by the map published by the Chicago Association of Realtors. If there's not one hanging on your wall -- there's not?!? -- you can check it out at just about any frame store. It has Andersonville bounded by Ravenswood, Foster, Glenwood and Bryn Mawr. It puts Yes Thai on the southern end of Bowmanville (bounded by Western, Foster, Ravenswood and Rosehill Cemetery. Its borders for Ravenswood are Foster, Clark, Montrose and the River, excepting small cut-outs for Lincoln Square and Ravenswood Gardens. Hey, I didn't draw these borders. I just enforce them.

roderick

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:16:13 -0600

It is good to know that there is a decent Thai place around that area. I just signed a lease for an apartment a couple of blocks from there.

Erin

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:58:32 -0600

Actually, I don't. I live very near Yes Thai and where I live is considered Andersonville, even though I've been told I live in N'Ravenswood by some, and A'ville by another. The Trib says Yes Thai is in LINCOLN SQUARE, which I think we can agree isn't the case. Since I couldn't seem to get agreement anywhere when I checked, I went with A'ville.

Slats

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:51:32 -0600

Pretty broad definition of Andersonville. I think you mean Ravenswood or Bowmanville. Just being north of Lakeview doesn't make it A'ville, no matter what the real estate agents tell you.

Erin

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:36:04 -0600

That's a good question! I don't know; I think it's fried, actually.

rachelle

Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:09:49 -0600

how is the crispy tofu prepared? fried?