Cozy Noodle
Cozy’s Noodle & Rice 3456 N. Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL
773.327.0100
www.cozychicago.com
You’ve probably never seen as many toys and trinkets covering a restaurant’s walls and ceilings as you will when visiting Cozy’s Noodle & Rice in Wrigleyville. Combining vintage American pop culture with contemporary thai cuisine, Cozy’s has certainly managed to create a solid north side legacy. The atmosphere is cozy, fun and friendly. The food is great. It’s the perfect place to bring out-of-towner’s who are looking for a fun experience without breaking the bank. Just remember the restaurant is BYOB.
As previous north sider’s the three of us have frequented Cozy’s quite religiously over the years. Hannah devoted herself to Cozy’s Crispy Chicken Pad Thai a long time ago, but once in a blue moon diverge and treat herself to a Tom Kar soup on the side. Azuree usually skips the main dishes all together and orders nothing but appetizers and thai tea. And for the record, the appetizers at Cozy’s are awesome. Some of our personal favorites are the pot stickers, the crab rangoon (YUM!), and the spring rolls. ! My own Cozy experience began eight years ago, on a cold January evening, when my roommate and I visited Chicago and went to dinner with some of his friends. It was my first time in Chicago, our first night here, and my first introduction to the Thai cuisine. Presented with the overwhelming amount of menu options and no idea what the, to me, foreign dish names entailed, my friends buddy, on the opposite side of the table, recommended I went with the chicken Pad Thai and a side of peanut sauce. Little did I know Pad Thai and peanut sauce would since then be my first and last meal every time I over the next eight years, flew in and out of O'hare to continue my love affair, that later evolved into a marriage, with that same guy who recommended me the meal in the first place. A few years down the road, in between flights, I substituted the chicken in the pad thai with fried tofu and also had occasional flings with the Noodles Panang, Crispy Pad Thai or the Cashew Tofu. But through it all, I have always savored the simplicity of lathering my Pad Thai in lime and creamy peanut sauce - possibly accompanied by a Lychee Freeze with tapioca balls. You should definitely try it!
Finally we recommend that you ladies at least, make sure to powder your noses while
you are at Cozy’s – if not to actually freshen up, then just to be able to answer the question of how many Pez heads it takes to use a little ladies room?