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Vietnamese Food and Cooking

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Drum roll: Announcing the winner of our Justice League contest

    On Saturday night, the season's first Justice League of Street Food party will take over the pavement at TAXI, and earlier this week, we held a contest, giving one Cafe Society reader the opportunity to eat and drink for free. Ten trucks will be at the bash, including Manna from Heaven, the Vietna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    South Federal is Denver's best restaurant neighborhood

    South Federal Boulevard is Denver's best restaurant neighborhood, according to votes cast by the readers of Cafe Society. In a poll that pitted South Federal vs. Lower Highland, South Federal came away with 53.48 percent of the vote when polls closed at 11:59 p.m. Sunday night. The weekend-long vo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Denver's ten best vegetarian dishes in non-vegetarian restaurants

    Picking the Best Vegetarian Dish in a Non-Vegetarian Restaurant for the Best of Denver 2012 was a tough task. The owners of omnivorous restaurants have really gone above and beyond lately to cater to lacto-ovo vegetarians and totally plant-based eaters alike. In no particular order (save for number ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Boulder and South Federal face off in the Street 16 final four

    As we've been doing for a few weeks now, Cafe Society is out to find the single-best neighborhood for eating-out in Denver with our Street 16 tournament. Size doesn't matter, but restaurants do. We started with sixteen areas of metro Denver and now we're down to four. In the first final four match ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Uptown vs. South Federal: Vote in our Street 16 match-up

    Uptown -- home to some restaurants that focus on the trendy side of life and a few bars where a single drink will have you seeing double. On the other side of the metro area is South Federal, home to a myriad of ethnic options -- Vietnamese, Chinese and Mexican, to name a few -- that draw in eaters ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    South Havana vs. South Federal in our Street 16 tournament

    Havana Street or South Federal Boulevard. Which of these ethnic food hot spots is tops? Vote below!

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    New Saigon is an old standby on Federal Boulevard

    New Saigon may not be the oldest Vietnamese restaurant in town, but it comes close -- nearby T-Wa Inn opened in 1984, beating New Saigon by just a year. Current owners Thai Nguyen and Ha Pham took it over in 1987, and their kitchen has been turning out a vast sampling of Vietnam's culinary canon eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Foodography: New Saigon Bakery & Deli opens next to New Saigon on Federal

    "We had no idea that we'd have so many people coming through the doors. It was completely unexpected," says Thoa Nguyen. And, in fact, the kitchen ran out of bread not once, but several times last week -- a week that marked the opening of New Saigon Bakery & Deli, a sister (literally) operation to N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Pho 96, a brother to Pho 95, opens in the former Chopsticks space

    Everyone's favorite pho parlor -- Pho 95, which has locations on South Federal Boulevard and Streets at SouthGlenn -- has a new sibling. The space at 2990 West Mississippi, which was the original Chopsticks China Bistro (and, after that, one of those sub-par $1.25-a-scoop Chinese travesties), is no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Will ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen repeat Chipotle's feat?

    Just a month ago Jonathan Gold -- Pulitzer Prize-winning critic at Westword's sister paper, LA Weekly -- heaped praise on Steve Ells, founder and CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill, the company that got its start at a burrito shop on East Evans Avenue and exploded into a giant international company. Gol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Following a car crash in the kitchen, T-Wa Inn reopens after a three-month remodel

    Lori Midson​There are numerous reasons why restaurants close to remodel, but it's not often that it's because a car comes careening through your kitchen, but that's exactly what happened on June 21 at T-WA Inn, the stalwart Vietnamese restaurant on Denver's Silk Road.

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Second Helping: Red Claw Seafood and Wings

    Lori Midson​Craving a crawfish boil? While Denver's not exactly crawling with spots to get your fix, there are a few options, including Red Claw Seafood and Wings. In this dark, dilapidated joint, you can order crawfish by the pound, flavored with your choice from a boatload of seasonings, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    I went to my favorite pho restaurant and all I got was Rick Astley

    Damn you, Astley!​In the modern age of the iPod, any shoe store, cowboy bar, hair salon or (in this particular case) pho restaurant can do business to any soundtrack it chooses. When I worked at KB Toys in the 90s, we were sent a monthly cassette to play in the store -- except the tape player ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Sad pay phone of the week: The pay phone at Colfax and Grant

    ​Location: outside of Pho-natic Vietnamese on Colfax and Grant. Number: (303) 831-9702 Status: Operable. Cost: 25 cents for local calls. Photo taken: 1:10 p.m. on February 10

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Pho So 1 becomes Pho Le -- and gets new owners and a new menu

    ​For the past few years, Pho So 1 has hawked pho and beef noodle soup from its free-standing spot at 1195 South Federal Boulevard. But at the beginning of this year, it was sold to a new owner -- and became Pho Le. And that new owner, whose name is Phong Le, is also making changes to the menu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    V2 Sports Bar & Restaurant opens in the Far East Center with Vietnamese dim sum

    Lori Midson​Welcome to V2 Sports Bar & Restaurant, a behemoth sweep in the Far East Center, big enough to swallow that entire country. The "V" stands for "Viet's," the excellent Vietnamese restaurant, directly next door, owned by Hiep Thia, who, last December, added a No. 2 to his repertoire ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 3, 2011

    ChoLon presents Southeast Asian market cuisine with an upscale twist

    See photos of the menu options at ChoLon.

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Pot of Pho's vegetarian pho warms the southwest suburbs

    ​Tucked inside a strip mall in the Ken Caryl region of Littleton, Pot of Pho is something of a suburban secret -- but word is leaking out fast. The space (previously occupied by a Heidi's Brooklyn Deli) is simple but cozy, with comfortable booths and art from the Provide-n-ce Gallery. The plac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Guess where I'm eating?

    Lori Midson​The greaseless egg rolls, accompanied by leafy lettuce, cilantro and nuoc cham sauce, are just one of many stellar dishes at this Vietnamese restaurant that's quickly becoming one of my favorite lunch stops in the city. Can you guess where I'm eating? Special bonus: Anyone who g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Restaurants go urban in the suburban Streets at SouthGlenn

    ​The first shops and residences in the Streets at SouthGlenn opened a year ago -- the development will celebrate its first anniversary on August 28 -- giving the southern suburbs a sparkling outdoor shopping district in place of the decrepit mall that once stood in its place. With that develop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Pho 95 opens at the Streets at SouthGlenn to massive crowds of pho-king fans

    A Yelp photo​"Oh my god, it was crazy," says Aaron Le, his voice erupting into fits of delirious laughter. "It was the most overwhelming day I've every had, but also one of the funnest." Le opened his second outpost of Pho 95 (the original is located at 1002 South Federal Boulevard) last Satu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Vietnamese noodle bowls at the new KimBa Grill

    Lori Midson ​For the past 25 years, Ba Forde has been the matriarch behind Kim Ba, the excellent Vietnamese joint at 2495 South Havana that's been the recipient of numerous Westword Best of Denver awards, including Best Vietnamese Restaurant, a prize it snagged every year between 2005 and 200 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Take two: Pho 95 set to bowl over the Streets at SouthGlenn

    Lori Midson​Last week, I asked whether pho could be on the horizon for the Streets at Southglenn -- specifically a second outpost of Pho 95, Aaron Le's original temple of pho at 1002 South Federal Boulevard. I have an answer.

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    100 Favorite Dishes: Pho from Pho 95

    Lori MidsonPho at Pho 95​ As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com. No. 97 Pho - any pho -- from Pho 95 There isn't a day that goes by where someone doesn't ask ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Could there be pho on the horizon at the Streets of SouthGlenn?

    ​As I reported here yesterday, Arizona restaurateur Mark Tarbell is just a few weeks away from opening Home, a comfort food restaurant that will join The Oven, another Tarbell restaurant, at the Streets of SouthGlenn in late November. And while that's good news for the foodniks who hang in those p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    There's always room for one mo' pho

    ​Later today, we'll post my list of the town's best spots for pho, which includes Pho 95, a wonderful place I review this week, and several other pho shops along Federal Boulevard. My all-time favorite spot for pho was in Aurora. Sadly, Pho 2000 closed years ago, but it stucks like a burr in ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 27, 2009

    Bowled over by Pho 95

    ​Later today, we'll post my list of the town's best spots for pho, which includes Pho 95, a wonderful place I review this week, and several other pho shops along Federal Boulevard. My all-time favorite spot for pho was in Aurora. Sadly, Pho 2000 closed years ago, but it stucks like a burr in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Free soup! Pho-Yo's grand, grand opening deal

    Okay, so what's better than a new pho restaurant opening in town?  A new pho restaurant that also serves frozen yogurt! Seriously, how can you not be excited by that?  It's so weird, so bizarrely, wrongly right, that I know you just can't wait to get there yourself.  But if you can wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    Friend or pho? Ha Noi case goes to trial

    Denver's pho restaurants have seen some tough times lately. Last month, a car crashed into Pho 7, knocking the joint out of commission for a few days. Times were even tougher at Ha Noi Pho, our Best Taste of Hanoi in the Best of Denver 2007. Soon after we bestowed that honor, the pho spot at 1036 S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    So pho, so good at Pho 7

    You can't keep a good pho place down. A few days ago, I wrote about the temporary destruction of Pho 7 by two men, one silver BMW and too many action movies in "Talk about a cursed location!" When this spot at 10009 East Hampden Avenue in Aurora was home to Istanbul Grill, I narrowly missed witnes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2008

    And Now a Word From Our Receptionist About Pho 99

    You can't keep a good pho place down. A few days ago, I wrote about the temporary destruction of Pho 7 by two men, one silver BMW and too many action movies in "Talk about a cursed location!" When this spot at 10009 East Hampden Avenue in Aurora was home to Istanbul Grill, I narrowly missed witnes ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 17, 2008

    On the Town

    Tracking the latest, from bun bo to burgers.

  • Dining

    February 14, 2008

    Tibet's Restaurant

    If this chef is good enough for the Dalai Lama, he’s good enough for you.

  • Dining

    October 4, 2007

    New Saigon

    An oldie but a goodie.

  • Dining

    February 22, 2007

    Old Town

    As new ethnic enclaves appear, the originals die off.

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2007

    Chi One On

    As new ethnic enclaves appear, the originals die off.

  • Dining

    February 15, 2007

    US Thai

    This little storefront curries favor with fans of Thai food.

  • Dining

    January 4, 2007

    Pho 79

    So pho, so good.

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2007

    Shelter from the Storm

    So pho, so good.

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2007

    Shelter from the Storm

    So pho, so good.

  • Dining

    April 14, 2005

    No Shame

    Kim Ba keeps the home fires burning.

  • Food & Drink

    March 24, 2005

    Best Breakfast Soup

    Pho 79

  • Food & Drink

    March 24, 2005

    Best French-Vietnamese Restaurant

    Chez Thuy

  • Dining

    April 17, 2003

    Bite Me

    So Pho, So Good

  • Dining

    September 13, 2001

    Disoriented

    T-Wa is new and, so far, not improved.

  • Dining

    May 17, 2001

    The Bite

    A landmark eatery changes ownership, while Jeff’s keeps things kosher in southeast Denver.

  • Food & Drink

    March 29, 2001

    Best Vietnamese Restaurant

    New Saigon

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best Vietnamese restaurant

    New Saigon

  • Dining

    May 11, 2000

    Mouthing Off

    Rounding up Denver's other Vietnamese eateries.

  • Dining

    June 17, 1999

    Sauced Horizons

    Rounding up Denver's other Vietnamese eateries.

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