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NOW OPEN: Pho Le
East Passyunk gets so much buzz, it's easy to forget there's a whole other half of the Avenue that runs from Broad Street all the way into Southwest Philly.
NOW OPEN: Pho Le
East Passyunk gets so much buzz, it's easy to forget there's a whole other half of the Avenue that runs from Broad Street all the way into Southwest Philly. Revitalization has trickled west like drip coffee, bringing freshly renovated commercial spaces and hope for new businesses like Pho Le (1620 W. Passyunk Ave.), a tiny Vietnamese café, sandwiched between a beer distributor and auto-body, that's been open a few months.
When we popped in today, a little old lady was slurping soup at Le's sole, condiment-laden table while watching SportsCenter on the wall-mounted flatscreen. So cute! All we wanted was a quick avo shake, but they were out, and with durian as the only other smoothie choice, we opted for an industrial-strength Vietnamese iced coffee instead. Also tried the grilled chicken banh mi you see above — intense lemongrass flavor, extra-crunchy cucumbers, vivid herbs and warm, soft bread. Pho Le serves a tight menu of the usual soup-and-sandwich suspects, but they’ve also got some curveballs like tomato/conch soup we're looking forward to trying. Wagons west!
Photo: Adam Erace
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