A new Thai restaurant is coming to Buckhead

The family who has several Thai restaurants in the Atlanta dining game is set to open one more.

DeeDee Niyomkul, who owns Tuk Tuk Thai Food Loft, is collaborating with her mother, Nan Niyomkul of Nan Thai Fine Dining and Tamarind Seed, on the menu for her new venture.

Chai Yo is set to open this summer in the Two Buckhead Plaza development at 3050 Peachtree Road NW, Tommorow's News Today reports, taking the space of the now-shuttered J. Christopher's. The development also includes King + Duke and Seasons 52.

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