Late night nosh spot U Street Music Hall is shaking up its eclectic menu yet again. On Christmas Eve, the Northwest D.C. nightclub debuted its latest collection of interesting finger foods, including no fewer than six different variations of its original pho dog. The various new twists on the house-made Vietnamese soup-flavored frankfurter comes at [...]
George Washington University's plans to renovate the soon-to-be-vacated Kaiser Permanente offices at 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW spells doom for the longstanding Froggy Bottom Pub, home of cheap beer, pizza and pho. At least in its current location. In a year or two. But proprietor Hien Bui tells the GW Hatchet that she is looking for [...]
Man, it seems like every week there's a new eatery opening along the trendy H Street corridor. This week, The Big Board debuted its gourmet burger selection to the neighborhood. Next week, it's Pho Bar and Grill. Urban Daddy has the scoop on the "nearly all-hours haven for warm Vietnamese broth," opening Tuesday at 1360 [...]
Pho dog aficionados take heart. U Street Music Hall is sticking with its innovative Vietnamese twist on the traditional frankfurter. "We're revamping the menu and it's one of the only items that will carry on," U Hall co-owner Jesse Tittsworth tells Young & Hungry. The grilled beef or tofu link, bathed in homemade pho broth, [...]
Pho Formula: Here's some sound advice for any place that serves pho: "Don’t skimp on the broth or beef, keep it under $9, and I will be in there twice a week. That is all." [PoP] Waterlogged: If you had plans to head down to Washington Harbour in Georgetown to enjoy a drink or meal [...]
A friend of mine has been in the mood for pho. And the winter blast we're having makes for a perfect excuse to go seek out the traditional Vietnamese soup. I've been thinking of pho places accessible by public transit and within a 20-minute Metrorail ride of downtown D.C. I'm catching a movie tonight, and [...]
It’s 10:15 p.m. – well past my bed time – when I walk down the basement staircase and enter the U Street Music Hall. A tall blonde bartender clad in hot-pink tights takes my order. She calls me sweetie and flirts a touch, stroking my ego and inflating her tip. She does the same with [...]
From Wheaton to Falls Church, I’ve tried countless bowls of pho looking for one with the depth and pure heady aroma of Pho 75’s. I have yet to find one, which is why when I need a fix of this Vietnamese noodle soup, I continue to roll right into Hyattsville. I can’t vouch for the [...]
The firefighter-yellow banner to the left of the entrance tells you the restaurant is called Mi La Cay Noodle House, a name echoed by the neon lights above the short set of stairs leading to the place. But then you look to the right (see pic below) and notice another sign hovering over the establishment. It reads: Song Phat Noodle [...]
Near the bottom of the menu that hovers over the cash register at Toan, there's a small-but-telling sentence. It states that the Silver Spring noodle house does not use MSG in its soups. To say I was startled would be an understatement. "You really don't use MSG?" I asked the young man behind the counter. When he said [...]
