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NOW SERVING: Slick Mekong River in Pennsport
The new Vietnamese spot on South Front is massive.
NOW SERVING: Slick Mekong River in Pennsport
Washington Avenue is the definitive HQ of Vietnamese cooking in South Philly, but Liem Ma (who owns Pho & Cafe Viet Huong at 11th) is pushing east to Pennsport. His massive Mekong River (1120 S. Front St.) opened just last week, slick with gleaming hardwood floors, stacked stone accent walls and a facade vaguely reminiscent of a swish Cherry Hill strip mall. Die-hard pho hounds will probably decry its sanitized good looks — "Can you believe there aren't even any roaches here?! NOT authentic enough for me!" — but the food (especially the pho broth, strong on the star anise) is legit. Just ask all the Vietnamese families lunching there over the weekend.
photos by Adam Erace
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