With palm trees sprouting from the center of a perpetually busy dining room and a bar slinging lemongrass-infused cocktails, the new Kalaya — a partnership […]
In 1875, Bodie, California, was little more than a rough mining camp carved into the Sierra Nevada foothills. It had only a handful of residents […]
Just about everyone who loved the original Kalaya was concerned that when Nok Suntaranon opened her new version in Fishtown, it would lose some of […]
Co-owners Nok Suntaranon and My-Le Vuong set out to create a restaurant that would give Philadelphians a taste of Thailand that we’d yet to experience. […]
It took me three years to figure out I had been saying Chutatip “Nok” Suntaranon‘s name wrong any time I talked about Kalaya. For three […]
On a weekday night, the dining room at Kalaya is cool and calm. Servers move smoothly between the tables. They stop and chat. Owners Chutatip […]
On April 10, 2019, the Thai scene in the entire Philadelphia region was upended when a woman known as Nok opened Kalaya, a tiny restaurant […]
We’ve been singing Kalaya’s praises for a while, even before it was nominated for a James Beard award for Best New Restaurant. Now, Food & […]
Kalaya, a restaurant serving a menu of straight-from-Thailand dishes, is set to open later this month in the Italian Market. The space at 764 South […]
Kalaya and Mike’s BBQ team up for a Thai BBQ brisket sandwich It’s officially summer and it seems like just about everyone in town is […]
One night in Yan Ta Khao, Chutatip “Nok” Suntaranon’s hometown in Southern Thailand, her mom fell and broke her arm. Nok was upstairs, sleeping. She […]
Listen to the audio edition here: After years of waiting and numerous nominations, Jesse Ito is finally bringing some well-deserved hardware home from […]
It was New Year’s Day in 2004 when Richard Stokes, founder of Rittenhouse-based Stokes Architecture + Design, first met Stephen Starr. The two were getting […]
On Wednesday and Sunday nights, this minimalist dining room strips itself of its contemporary Filipino sensibilities and genteel service, puts bamboo leaves on the table, […]
Haddon Heights-based Oates’s hand-embellished, globally inspired women’s slides, babouches and moccasins do the impossible: They make any boring faded jeans or little black dress feel […]
