Dok Khao Thai Eatery Bringing Authentic Thai Dishes to Chevy Chase

The restaurant will open its third location in fall of 2024.
Dok Khao Thai Eatery Bringing Authentic Thai Dishes to Chevy Chase
Photo: @Dok Khao Thai Eatery on Facebook

A popular DC-area restaurant is preparing to bring traditional Bangkok cuisine to Chevy Chase later this year. Porntipa Pattanamekar and Parasak Chokesatean are making moves to open a third Dok Khao Thai Eatery in the Chevy Chase Lake neighborhood, reports Patch.

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The Thai restaurant will be occupying 3, 700 square feet at 8551 Connecticut Avenue. Co-owners Parasak Chokesatean and Porntipa Pattanameker spoke with What Now DC about introducing Dok Khao Thai to Chevy Chase, explaining that “Since the 2019 opening of Dok Khao in Woodbridge, the restaurant has quickly become a destination for authentic Thai cuisine, homemade dessert, and Asian bubble tea. Then, we are always looking for the new mixed use project location. Chevy Chase Lake perfectly matched what we are looking for. Their concepts are anticipated to be a new town center of Chevy Chase. They have luxury apartments, Amazon Fresh, and a variety of good restaurant concepts.” 

Chevy Chase has a culinary blindspot, and Dok Khao Thai is perfectly prepared to rectify it. Chokesatean states “This area still lacks a good Thai restaurant. With that said, we are very excited to be a part of this community.” 

Pattanameker believes that the restaurant is a strong way to welcome diners back after the pandemic, stating “We think this is a good time because this is the great golden dragon year. After the Covid crisis people have started living normal lives and we would like to take this opportunity to be the first choice in mind when people think about Thai restaurants. 

Future regulars can expect a unique and welcoming experience at Dok Khao. Chokesatean describes it, saying “Dok Khao is the garden-style cafe serving local Thai street food with crafted cocktails, Asian bubble tea, multiple selections of homemade dessert, and specialty coffee. Dok Khao will be your neighborhood place to spend time by yourself or with friends and families. Coming for lunch, grabbing a nice cup of coffee, sipping refreshing cocktails, dining in a garden cafe, and sharing desserts, we’ve got you covered.”  

Chevy Chase residents unsure where to start with Dok Khao’s menu will have plenty of options to choose from, but Pattanamekar recommends the Pad Thai, explaining “We would like to recommend Dok Khao Pad Thai, which is Southern-style pad Thai Saute-a thin rice noodle with homemade spicy sweet soy sauce.One of the most popular dishes that we proudly present.” Chokesatean adds “Another dish to try would be ‘crying baby noodle’. This dish is inspired by the famous Netflix movie ‘Hunger’.”

Dok Khao is still in the early stages of development. The duo explains that the restaurant is still in the process of permitting, but hoping to begin construction by late spring. The team hopes to be serving customers by late autumn of 2024.

Kelly Mintzer

Kelly Mintzer

Kelly Mintzer is an East Coast freelancer with a cat and a dream. She pops up on various blogs and websites, writing about horror movies, video games, and television shows. Her fiction has been featured in a couple of anthologies, and with any luck, will be included in a few more.
Kelly Mintzer

Kelly Mintzer

Kelly Mintzer is an East Coast freelancer with a cat and a dream. She pops up on various blogs and websites, writing about horror movies, video games, and television shows. Her fiction has been featured in a couple of anthologies, and with any luck, will be included in a few more.
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