Saigon Sisters traces its cooking back to a family history rooted in Laos, where the owners' mother and grandmother ran food distribution businesses supplying specialty markets and embassies. That upbringing surrounded the family with Southeast Asian and French culinary influences, which now shape a Vietnamese menu served across two Chicago locations.
The original spot on Lake Street offers indoor, full-service dining, while a second location operates as a counter inside the Chicago French Market on Clinton Street. Both draw from the same family recipes and Vietnamese-French sensibility, with the market outpost built for a quicker, more casual visit.
Regulars point to the personal touch as much as the food — an owner often on the floor, checking in table to table — and the restaurant has built a reputation as a neighborhood fixture for elevated Vietnamese cooking in the West Loop.
The original spot on Lake Street offers indoor, full-service dining, while a second location operates as a counter inside the Chicago French Market on Clinton Street. Both draw from the same family recipes and Vietnamese-French sensibility, with the market outpost built for a quicker, more casual visit.
Regulars point to the personal touch as much as the food — an owner often on the floor, checking in table to table — and the restaurant has built a reputation as a neighborhood fixture for elevated Vietnamese cooking in the West Loop.