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We all had that one house. The house you went to when you skipped school, the house where the parents had given up and just let the kids take over the basement, and the house where you kissed someone who wasn’t related to you for the first time. It’s the site of your greatest teenage memories. It’s the party house.
You might not be in high school anymore, but you still have access to a pretty great party house: Night + Market. It opened in 2011 when the chef took over half of his parents’ fancy Sunset Blvd. Thai restaurant and filled it with bright blue and orange walls, posters of Yoko Ono and Thai pop stars, neon signage, and a menu of Northern Thai dishes like khao soi and isaan sour sausage. They’ve since doubled their space in this location and added two more (Song and Sahm), but Night + Market still feels like the party restaurant it’s been since the beginning.
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The difference between Night + Market and every other party restaurant is the food—it’s incredible. You might have trouble getting the table to focus on what to order once the drinks start flowing, but once the crispy rice salad, panang curry, and pad thai start arriving, they’ll pay attention. Night + Market no longer serves the blood soup and water bugs they did in the early days, but you will still find plenty of excellent Thai staples like pad thai, larb, and papaya salad, plus specials like crab and cream cheese-filled wontons, and the fantastic Night + Market fried chicken sandwich.
The kind of night you have here is really up to you. If you like to plan ahead, this is the only Night + Market location that takes reservations. But if you decide on a whim that you need a lot of panang curry tonight, you can walk in, grab some drinks at the bar, and find a corner of the small room to take over while you wait. There’s a long, mostly-natural wine list, with one-liners for each bottle that’ll help you narrow things down.
Food Rundown
Pork Satay Skewers
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Peek Gai Hay-Ha
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World Famous Fried Chicken Sandwich
Larb Gai
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Nam Khao Tod
Panang En Neua
Khao Soi Neua
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