Tee Rak Thai

Hey friends, I hope you’re all doing well. I have some exciting news to share TEE RAK THAI has been nominated for Thai Restaurant in the St. Louis Magazine A-List Awards 2026. 🥹

What started as a small dream of an immigrant selling Thai food at a farmers market has grown into something I never could have imagined. Because of the love and support from this community, I was able to open my own restaurant — and now, just six months later, my team and I are honored to be nominated for this award.

No matter what happens, I truly want to thank everyone who has supported me from the very beginning. Thank you for believing in me, encouraging me, and allowing me to share a piece of my culture with this city every single day.

None of this would have been possible without you.

Every visit, every kind word, every recommendation, and every person who stood in line at the farmers market has meant more to me than I could ever put into words.

I promise to continue giving this restaurant my whole heart to maintain the quality of our food, keep improving every day, and create a place that always feels warm, welcoming, and worth coming back to.

If you’d like to support TEE RAK THAI, you can vote once a day until June 16. I’ll leave the voting link in my bio.

Thank you again, truly, from the bottom of my heart. My team and I are so grateful to be part of this community. ❤️

Credit 📸 :

I liken myself to a seed. Those of you who have supported me are the ones who provided the fertilizer, watered and tended the soil, and nurtured this seed until it grew into something beautiful.

Every time I share the story of my restaurant the very beginning of my business I feel a deep sense of pride knowing it all started at Tower Grove Farmers’ Market. Thanks to the unwavering support of a strong community, I was able to save up and successfully open my own restaurant.

I am delighted and excited to announce that I will be returning to the farmers’ market once again. It truly feels like coming home. I will be doing all the cooking myself, just as I did on day one, because I genuinely miss all of you. And I promise you this: if you have been one of my regulars over the past three years, I still remember exactly what you like to eat 🤣🤣

I won’t ask you to come out and support me, because I know that all along, you have never left me to chase my dreams alone.

Instead, I invite you to come out and enjoy some Thai food the very harvest of the seed you helped plant right here at this market. Join us this Saturday

Can’t wait to see yall again 💙