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If you’ve been missing the wild thrill of torching your tastebuds with dishes like Khao Soi Nuer, Khao Moo Kaki, and Nam Prik Korad, you’re in luck–beloved Carroll Gardens Thai restaurant Ugly Baby is officially rising from the dead.
When it first opened in 2017, Ugly Baby quickly became a NYC sensation, building a cult following for its unapologetically spicy, deeply regional Thai cooking. The lines were long, the wait times were high, and the heat levels were absolutely no joke.
So when the team announced they’d be shutting their doors for good in December 2024, after chef Sirichai Sreparplarn shared he wanted to “focus on other projects like a cookbook,” New Yorkers understandably entered their ugly cry era. But guess who’s back…
According to the Instagram account Yes Wil

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