Pho Oregon

(Sophia June)

Pho Oregon's huge dining room is filled with the taste of broth. Its pho ($9.45-$10.95) is some of the best in town, long popular with the Portland foodie crowd. The menu is also thick with traditional Vietnamese dishes, like com bo kho ($11.45), a fatty, succulent beef in a broth with salt-and-pepper rice that's worth branching out for.

GO: 2518 NE 82nd Ave., 503-262-8816, phooregon.net, 9 am-8 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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