The "wonderful pho" and other "honest" Vietnamese fare dished out at this Chinatown twosome is "so good", it's almost a "reason to love jury duty"; sure, service is "get-'em-in-and-out" and the settings "totally charmless", but no one minds – it's "so cheap, you could treat 10 friends."
You can get a great meal for about $10 at this low-atmosphere Vietnamese restaurant in Chinatown, a favorite with employees and jury duty candidates from nearby courthouses. Start with crispy spring rolls, sweet-and-sour seafood soup, or shrimp grilled on sugarcane. For a follow-up, don't miss the thin pork chops, which are marinated in a sweet vinegary sauce and grilled until charred. If the...