Pho An Sandy

Photo: WW Staff

Housed in a former A&W Root Beer stand and keeping the diner feeling alive, Pho An serves a broth ($10-$15) that's slightly sweeter than most with just about anything in it you might want: tripe, tendon and meatballs that have an almost sausagelike consistency. For the less adventurous, there's also beef, shrimp or chicken.

GO: 6236 NE Sandy Blvd., 503-281-2990, phoansandy.com, 9 am-9 pm daily

Patricia Sauthoff

Patricia is an academic and journalist on her second tour of duty in Portland, having come back after pissing off the Indian government. She writes about religion, art, culture and feminism. She has lived on three of the seven continents, and will have both a PhD and a cat soon.

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