Followers of Cozy Noodles & Rice are “All Shook Up” that their favourite Thai eating spot will likely be closing at 1018 Davis Road after 23 years of tasty meals in colourful environment.
In addition to Pad Thai and different specialties, Cozy Noodles additionally offers an environment finest described as … effectively, truly, it’s fairly laborious to explain.
There’s a life-sized plastic Elvis. A whole bunch of old-time radios, Pez dispensers, toys, inspirational slogans, goofy commercials, lunch containers, and cartoon character statuettes cowl the partitions and line the cabinets.
This can be a restaurant with each meals plates and license plates.
Half kitschy, half cool.
Co-owner Bee Nanakorn says she and accomplice Yee Muenprasittivej will not be being pressured out.
The truth is, Nanakorn says the owner has been very optimistic, and is giving them further time whereas they seek for a brand new dwelling, ideally in downtown Evanston as effectively.
Nanakorn says she and her accomplice will not be sure about future use of their constructing, in order that they need to discover one other location.
When Nanakorn first began at Cozy, as a server, the place was a conventional wanting Thai restaurant, with posters of Thailand and different memorabilia of her native nation.
However after turning into co-owner a couple of 12 months later, Nanakorn stated “we realized that Thai meals didn’t must be served in a restaurant adorned in Thai fashion.”
So, issues modified, dramatically.
“We determined to combine Thai meals with American tradition,” she explains.
So long as the meals was good, in fact, individuals would come again. However all of the stuff on the partitions and cabinets gave prospects “one thing to speak about,” for certain.
Cozy Noodles has constructed up a loyal clientele through the years.
Whereas Evanston Now was on the restaurant for the interview Friday afternoon, one buyer advised Nanakorn “I’m glad you guys are getting a lot love” from these hoping a brand new dwelling might be situated.
One other stated “good luck. Tell us if you reopen. Everytime you do, I’ll ship you a flower.”
Cozy is a tenant in a constructing which has a vacant storefront subsequent door, the previous Bottle and Bottega.
Nick Patinkin is the dealer with @Properties, making an attempt to get the empty aspect stuffed.
He confirmed that the property proprietor didn’t inform Cozy to go away, and is in truth letting them keep for a while previous Cozy’s initially deliberate closing on the finish of June.
Patinkin additionally stated he’s “not representing the Cozy Noodles area in any respect,” for any future use.
Nanakorn says she is cautiously optimistic about discovering a brand new Cozy location, however nothing is particular but.
The ultimate date on Davis Road can be unsure, maybe someday within the subsequent a number of weeks.
In order that closing might be everlasting, or it may simply imply a brand new chapter.
If Cozy Noodles does transfer elsewhere, Nanakorn says she’d seemingly take a few of the Americana along with her.
One factor almost certainly to indicate up at a brand new web site is plastic Elvis.
“I feel we’ve got to convey him with us,” Nanakorn says.
“He’s been with us for therefore lengthy.”
So, Elvis could go away the constructing, however he may present up in one other.