Any markets in Chinatown that sell Thai basil

So I don't feel like making the trek up to Argyle for Thai basil for spring rolls/pho. Anyone know of a market in Chinatown that carries Thai basil?

Reviving with basically the same question. I'm in Oak Park, so Uptown is massively inconvenient for this. Are there places in Chinatown that sell it? How about any of the usual suspects, Caputo's, Tony's, even Whole Foods?

If you have a decent nursery around, you could buy a plant and regenerate after using what you want this round. I got a thai basil plant a week or so ago that was plenty big enough to cook a meal with and probably cheaper than buying cut in the store (well maybe not cut from an asian market but certainly from any fancy-herb selling places...)

Hi- Maybe somebody that lives in Oak Park can answer this better, but Oak Park is supposed to have one of the best farmer's markets in the Chicago area I have never been there, because the one in Evanston is also one of the best, and I live three blocks from that one. I bet you that somebody at Oak Park sells thai basil. I know Nichols sells there, and they might carry it. There are several people that sell at Evanston that I know carry it, but Henry Brockman does not sell at any other markets, and I am not sure if Green Acres sells at Oak Park. It probably won't be available for another month. You can probably get a plant there though this Saturday. Basil is not that hard to grow. I grow a lot of it on my condo balcony. Hope this helps, Nancy

Pretty sure I've seen it at Tony's. I'll be back before the week is over. I'll check. That pitiful "Oriental Grocer" on Roosevelt acrss the street from Fair Share might have it if it's still open.

No Thai basil that I saw at Tony's. Whole Foods sometimes has it, but you have to make it a special order.

Tony's might have it in very small quantities once in a while. I swear I've seen it there before. Sucks that the Grand Mart on North Avenue closed. They definitely had it, along with some other hard-to-find-in-these-parts Asian staples

boudreaulicious wrote:If you have a decent nursery around, you could buy a plant and regenerate after using what you want this round. I got a thai basil plant a week or so ago that was plenty big enough to cook a meal with and probably cheaper than buying cut in the store (well maybe not cut from an asian market but certainly from any fancy-herb selling places...)

I propagate new basil plants by taking tip cuttings (pre-flowering) and rooting them for a couple weeks in water before potting up. Free plants!