Pho 75

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Pho 75
Pho 75
Restaurant information
Established1985 (1985)
Owner(s)Le Thiep
Binh Ngo
Food type Vietnamese
Dress codeCasual
Location1721 Wilson Blvd, Arlington County, Virginia, 22209, United States
Coordinates 38°53′39.5″N77°04′44.2″W / 38.894306°N 77.078944°W / 38.894306; -77.078944
ReservationsNo

Pho 75 is chain of restaurants that serve pho (Vietnamese beef noodle soup) in the Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania areas. In addition to soup, it also serves special desserts and Vietnamese coffee as well. It has branches in Arlington, Virginia, Falls Church, Virginia, Herndon, Virginia, Langley Park, Maryland, Hyattsville, Maryland, Rockville, Maryland and Philadelphia. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The original location was in the Colonial Village Shopping Center, until 1999 when they and the other shops were evicted. [5] Pho 75 then moved into a larger space in the same center. It was the first Pho only restaurant in the DMV. [6] [7]

Pho 75 was founded by Le Thiep, a former journalist for Chinh Luan, a Saigon newspaper, and Binh Ngo, a university student, who both fled from Vietnam. [8] [9] A sign in the window of the original Pho 75 location in 1986 displayed: "America has hamburger. Italy has spaghetti. China has chow mein. We, the Vietnamese, proudly present pho...". [8]

It is named after the year Saigon fell to North Vietnam, 1975. [9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pho 75 takes soup seriously, and serves it with alacrity", Washington Times , July 13, 1998.
  2. ↑ St. Claire, Laura (February 9, 2000), "Good Eats: Pho 75 in Langley Park", Washington Post .
  3. ↑ White, Suzanne (January 24, 2002), "Pho 75's Classic Vietnamese Soup Hits the Spot", Washington Post .
  4. ↑ Killham, Nina (September 17, 1989), "Than Van Thien: Soupmaker, Pho 75", Washington Post .
  5. ↑ Anderson, Brett (1999-04-30). "Ethnic Cleansing". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  6. ↑ Anderson, Brett (2000-02-25). "Pho Your Own Good". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  7. ↑ "How's the Pho?". The Washington Post. 2005-02-09. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  8. 1 2 "EXPRESS LANE". The Washington Post. 1986-09-07. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  9. 1 2 Ayres, Amy (2024-02-16). "After Nearly 40 Years, the Soup Is Still the Star at Pho 75". Northern Virginia Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-14.


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