Pho Thang

At this extremely modest, bare-bones little Vietnamese restaurant, you'll find all the comforts of home-cooking, if few of the creature comforts of home. No matter. For such wholesome, delicious, and blessedly inexpensive food, you won't begrudge the simple decor. Most of the menu is built around noodle soups, pho, and variations with different noodles and proteins. The house special pho is a good one, a tasty and filling bowl with two kinds of beef and tripe. The rice flour pancake, more like a thick crepe, is likewise terrific. It comes with shrimp, pork, and the classic Vietnamese accoutrements for wrapping crunchy slices in lettuce leaves and dipping in pungent nuoc cham.