Taste of Thailand Restaurant • 1994

In Denver's Platte Park neighborhood, this family-owned Northern Thai restaurant has been serving dishes rooted in chef/owner Noy Farrell's homeland since 1994. Farrell makes regular trips to Thailand to source new flavors and techniques, bringing them back to a menu that features vegetables and herbs from the restaurant's own garden—including the cult-favorite Flu Shot soup that has warmed diners for over two decades. Come for the daily-changing Curry Lunch Combo or the Khao Soi with its crispy noodles, but stay for the kind of authentic Northern Thai cooking that earned Westword's Best Thai Restaurant honors five years running.