Chiang Mai – which debuted last fall in Webster Groves and which takes its name from the largest city in north Thailand and the capital of Chiang Mai Province – now offers its authentic northern Thai fare for delivery and curbside pickup.
The restaurant comes from chef/owner Su Hill, who bought the space from her sister, restaurateur Ann Bognar of Ballwin’s Nippon Tei. (In that space, Bognar previously operated the Thai/Asian fusion eatery Tei Too; also there, Bognar’s son, James Beard Award-nominated chef Nick Bognar of Indo in St. Louis, began his own hospitality-industry career.)
With Chiang Mai, Hill hopes to bring a taste of her hometown to Webster Groves’ Old Orchard business district, joining such enterprises as Balkan Treat Box, The Frisco Barroom and Guerrilla Street Food.
Coming from a long line of passionate cooks, Hill (who also…
