Red Light

Vegetarian, Thai: This trendy Asian restaurant draws a see-and-be-seen crowd to its hip environs. The menu is as cutting edge as the interior. Feast on seafood, beef, poultry, and vegetarian offerings. Enjoy the Mee Gha Ti (stir fry chicken, chili, and rice noodles in a lime cocount sauce), Khao Soi chicken (bbq chicken breast in peanut sauce), teriyaki ribeye, or chicken katsu curry. Large...

Ask for a table in the dark, funky back lounge, where gothic accents and an oversized Seussian lamp make for a surreal, sexy atmosphere.

Guests dining Sunday through Thursday from June 1 to September 30 receive a $50 gift certificate to sister restaurant Marche.

Red Light has the most intriguing interior design along the Randolph Restaurant Row, with what might otherwise be played-out Buddha statuary accented by ornate, metal-vined hanging lights, matte metal accents and red pyramid fixtures. A mixed crowd of designer-wearing thirtysomethings pay down the debt on this finery with $19 pad Thai and market price Shanghai-style whole catfish. Their frozen...

Run by the same owners as Marché (above), Red Light puts a similar emphasis on one-of-a-kind decor. Here, the mood is sultry: The dining rooms have deep-red walls, colorful lanterns, gently waving palm fronds, sensuously curved windows and ceilings, and chairs that could be mistaken for metal sculptures. (They're not very comfortable, but they do look cool.) Chef Jackie Shen incorporates...

The Scene
Like a surreal Asian circus: Glowing red stalactites hang from the ceiling, giant ferns loom over tables, and there's wrought iron everywhere--on railings, chairs, even the... Pros + great fusion farecool atmosphere

Red Light is located at the address 820 W Randolph St in Chicago, Illinois 60607.

For more information contact Isenberg Leslie, or go to vivo-chicago.com

For maps and directions to Red Light view the map to the right. For reviews of Red Light see below.