This tiny spot off Argyle’s main drag serves Vietnamese standards with precision, if not flair, in a stylish setting (though we could do without Two and a Half Men on the TV—with the sound on). Start with the papaya salad—crunchy, full of shrimp and delivering heat—and the bulging, heavy-on-the-coconut-milk banh xeo. Our banh mi was a little dry, but you can’t go wrong with phos 55 (pork, fish ball, shrimp, squid) and 45 (eye round steak, beef meatball), both chock-full of perfectly cooked noodles and deeply satisfying.
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Details
- Address
- 5100 N Broadway St
- Chicago
- 60640
- Cross street:
- at Carmen Ave
- Transport:
- El stop: Red to Argyle. Bus: 36, 92.
- Price:
- Average main course: $8
- Opening hours:
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner
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