Palms Thai

Long communal tables face a small stage inside this Thai restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard, where a nightly Elvis tribute act and live jazz have drawn crowds since the restaurant moved here from Thai Town in the 1990s. The menu runs well past the usual curries into a 'Wild Things' section of frog and wild boar, and the khao soi -- northern Thai curry noodles -- gets ordered as often as anything else on it. Expect a valet line and a wait on weekend nights, when the tables fill and the tribute band's sound carries over dinner.