The menu runs the full budget-Vietnamese spread: pho, bun bo hue, bun rieu, banh xeo (crispy savory crepes), vermicelli bowls and rice plates with pork chop.
It's the kind of spot locals default to precisely because it's been there so long, rather than for any one specific hook — worth a call ahead given how little recent documentation exists online.
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