“Sorry, no Pad Thai here,” says a statement on Wild Rose’s website. That didn’t deter people from naming it the winner of Where to GO! for international cuisine. Last year’s poll labeled Wild Rose Northern Thai Eats as Thai food champions. This year, we’ve combined all international bites into one large category, meaning the competition was fierce. Specializing in family recipes from chef and co-owner Paul Itti and made the way his family likes it, the lack of Pad Thai and peanut sauce hasn’t stopped Central Oregonians from enjoying these Northern Thai delights, from simple street noodles to the Dungeness crab delight of Kow Pad Boo.

Drive by the downtown restaurant any weeknight and you will probably see line of people eagerly waiting for a table to open. Central Oregonians can’t seem to get enough.

Contact: Wild Rose Northern Thai Eats, 150 NW Oregon Ave. Bend; wildrosethai.com or 541-382-0441.

No. 2: Spork

No. 3: Joolz

Honorable mentions: Noi Thai Cuisine and Kebaba