Basil Babe is a fast-casual counter service Thai family restaurant ran and operated by Eastern Michigan University alum, Haluthai, alongside her mother, Vasanna, the original owner of Siam Square in Ann Arbor. What originally started off as a pop-up, quickly grew into something neither of them could believe. With ongoing supporting from their community, Basil Babe is now officially a brick and mortar in their own hometown of Ypsilanti.