This small, brightly lit sandwich shop is a destination both for Vietnamese immigrants looking for an honest taste of home and adventurous gastronauts looking for a taste of foreign climes. Both appreciate the banh mi, the classical collision of French and Vietnamese culinary tradition that resulted in a wonderful spread of sandwiches – most of […]
Vietnamese in Denver
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Pastry chef Thoa Nguyen dreamed of running her own Parisian-style Asian-fusion bakery for years. One of the daughters of the former owners of New Saigon, she grew up in the restaurant business. Now she’s running the show at this spot, which excels not only in sweets such as crepe cakes and croissants, but savory options […]
Ha Noi Pho focused on the food of North Vietnam. The restaurant that replaced it, Can Tho Pho, has expanded the menu, adding an emphasis on South Vietnamese cuisine, but while there are more offerings today, Can Tho Pho lacks the mystery and magic of its predecessor. Still, Can Tho Pho serves a decent bowl […]
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Chez Thuy’s menu is a history lesson told in food, the room a casually shabby clearinghouse of a thousand spices, the board reflecting a mingling of the French and Vietnamese obsessions with dining. It’s a family place, friendly and welcoming to regulars and newcomers alike, with enough variety – pho, stir fries, curries, grilled meats […]
In 2019, Thuc-Nhu “Nhu” Hoang and her husband, Huy Pham, signed a lease for a space near Sloan’s Lake that they dreamed of turning into a coffee and sandwich shop. When delays pushed back the construction of the kitchen for four years, the couple ran the shop as a convenience store. In 2023, though, they […]
Cowbobas is an improbable combination of a cowboy steakhouse and Vietnamese boba tea shop. The entrees are mostly steaks (the most expensive is a 22-ounce porterhouse for $22), but don’t miss the boba smoothie happy hour, when ordering a tapioca-spiked shake to go will set you back just a couple of dollars. Service is extremely […]
The kitchen at DaLat Vietnamese Cuisine is run by Ha Tran, a mother of five who infuses a home-cooked feel in every dish listed on the behemoth menu — make that menus. This embarrassment of riches can make ordering a challenge, if only because there are so many dishes that beg for your attention. Still, […]
Dân Dã has deep roots in Denver’s Vietnamese restaurant scene: Chef-owner An Nguyen is the sister of Thoa Nguyen, who owns next-door sandwich shop and bakery Banh & Butter; their parents were the original owners of the late, lamented New Saigon restaurant. Now An, who shuttered her last restaurant, Savory Vietnam, in late 2023, is […]
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Looking for good Chinese takeout? Then look no further than this small, family-owned Aurora restaurant, which offers dine-in, takeout and delivery service within a five-mile radius. There really is nothing better than settling in for a Netflix marathon with waxy white boxes filled with fried rice and crab-cheese wontons. East China has an impressively large […]
Golden Pho & Grill is no longer the newcomer on Federal Boulevard; it has occupied its strip-mall spot since 2013 and is still standing its ground against the street’s com-pho-tition. The servers at Golden Pho are proud enough to let the food speak for itself, yet friendly enough to strike up conversations about the relative […]
Golden Saigon has occupied the same strip-mall spot in Aurora since 1995, all the while serving up homey Vietnamese staples like pho along with entrees you don’t often find on Vietnamese restaurant menus — like curry. Though Vietnam isn’t known for its curries, says owner Mama Le’s daughter, Van Le, Golden Saigon’s version is actually […]
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Denver has its share of neighborhood sports bars, but you’d be hard pressed to find any that serve Vietnamese food as good as Long Shots Bar & Grill in Wheat Ridge. Eating noodle bowls or spring rolls in a dive bar might sound like a bizarre juxtaposition, but somehow it works. But if you want […]
With friendly servers and a kitchen skilled in the smoky rusticity of Vietnamese cooking, the two-decade-old New Orient is a solid choice for those looking for authentic flavor in the middle of the ‘burbs. Of particular note are New Orient’s near-perfect curries that may forever change the way you look at strip-mall dining, and the […]
While now-shuttered neighbor New Saigon offered a phonebook-sized menu with every possible combo of protein, noodle, rice and sauce, its spinoff, New Saigon Bakery, draws regulars with super-sized banh mi on house-baked French baguettes. Salty-sweet barbecued pork, luscious pâté and generous stacks of deli meats make for stellar sandwiches. Beyond banh mi, there are also […]