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South Loop

The Neighborhood Built From Rail Yards and Printing Presses

Industrial-scale history turned high-density housing, sitting as the structural buffer between downtown and the South Side.

South Loop carries its transit and industrial past in its bones, locomotive infrastructure and printing operations replaced by high-rises that tower over the original brick warehouses. It's a crossroads neighborhood by design, commuters, students, and residential families overlapping in one wide-open stretch. The food here skews toward the landmark diner and the neighborhood tavern, not the trend.

South Loop carries its transit and industrial past in its bones, locomotive infrastructure and printing operations replaced by high-rises that tower over the original brick warehouses. It's a crossroads neighborhood by design, commuters, students, and residential families overlapping in one wide-open stretch. The food here skews toward the landmark diner and the neighborhood tavern, not the trend.

How The Ratings Work

The Promise

How The Ratings Work

The Promise

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Siam Thai Eatery

1329 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605

South Loop

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Siam Thai Eatery

-87.623921

41.8650866

1329 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605

Start with the crab and pomelo salad — spicy, salty, sweet, tart, and not something you find everywhere. The duck red curry and whole steamed fish are both worth ordering. Money bag dumplings are a fun, shareable starter that lands for any table. Portions are large enough that one dish feeds two comfortably; order wide and share everything. Pad thai and curries run above average if the classics are what you are after. The space is modern and well designed with a lush, jungle-forward aesthetic. A strong call for the Museum Campus area.

312.763.6193

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a table top with thai dishes on it with gold touches and a wood table

Start with the crab and pomelo salad — spicy, salty, sweet, tart, and not something you find everywhere. The duck red curry and whole steamed fish are both worth ordering. Money bag dumplings are a fun, shareable starter that lands for any table. Portions are large enough that one dish feeds two comfortably; order wide and share everything. Pad thai and curries run above average if the classics are what you are after. The space is modern and well designed with a lush, jungle-forward aesthetic. A strong call for the Museum Campus area.

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