Pho 79 Explained

Pho 79
Established:1982
Food-Type:Vietnamese
Street-Address:9941 Hazard Avenue
City:Garden Grove
State:California
Postcode:92844
Country:United States
Coordinates:33.7525°N -117.9558°W
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Pho 79 is a restaurant in Garden Grove, California. In 2019 it was named one of America's Classics by the James Beard Foundation. It has a Bib Gourmand designation from Michelin.

This restaurant is unrelated to the restaurant of the same name in Glasgow, U.K.[1] [2]

History

The restaurant was opened by Thọ Trần and Liễu Trần in 1982 in the neighborhood which would become Little Saigon, where they'd settled after escaping political persecution in Vietnam as boat people[3] [4] [5] and employed multiple extended family members and new immigrants.[6] [7] [8] The driving force behind the opening of the restaurant was Nguyen Thi Dao, the family matriarch. The restaurant was named for the year many of the family arrived in the United States, 1979. The restaurant was one of the first in the area to serve pho and according to the Beard announcement, "helped pave the way for Southern California’s Little Saigon to become the dynamic hub of Vietnamese cuisine" in the area.[9] [10] The New York Times said the restaurant was a pillar of the Little Saigon neighborhood.[11]

According to Gustavo Arellano writing for Thrillist, it was one of the first Vietnamese restaurants in the United States.

Menu

The restaurant focuses on the Vietnamese noodle soup dish, pho. Noodles in their beef-broth soup base are topped with brisket, meatballs, oxtails, round steak or tripe. The Beard Foundation called their oxtail "justifably legendary"; the Orange County Register said they were best known for it. The Los Angeles Times called it "famously rich in oxtail essence".[12] The Infatuation said their pho was "deeper in flavor than any other pho you’ll find in Southern California".[13]

Recognition

In 2019 the restaurant was named one of America's Classics by the James Beard Foundation. In 2021 the restaurant received a Bib Gourmand designation from Michelin.[14] [15]

When the Beard Foundation called to tell them they'd won, the owners weren't sure what the award was, and had never heard of the foundation's namesake.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About us . 2024-02-16 . Vietnamese food . vi.
  2. Web site: Phở 79 – Garden Grove - a MICHELIN Guide Restaurant . 2024-02-16 . MICHELIN Guide . en-US.
  3. Web site: Announcing the 2019 America's Classics Winners . 2023-03-01 . www.jamesbeard.org . en . 2023-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230227171758/https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/announcing-the-2019-americas-classics-winners . live .
  4. Web site: 2019-01-30 . Pho 79 is the first Orange County restaurant to win a prestigious James Beard Foundation award . 2023-03-01 . . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2019-05-07 . How A Garden Grove Strip Mall Restaurant Won One Of The Country's Most Prestigious Food Awards . 2023-03-01 . LAist . en . 2023-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230301171158/https://laist.com/news/food/pho-79-wins-james-beard-awards-garden-grove-vietnamese-restaurant . live .
  6. News: Stern . Steven . 2011-06-08 . Based on an Old Family Recipe . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-03-01 . 0362-4331 . 2023-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230301173826/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/dining/based-on-an-old-family-recipe.html . live .
  7. Web site: The Myth of Mom-and-Pop Restaurants . 2023-03-01 . Thrillist . en . 2023-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230301182511/https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/mom-and-pop-restaurants-myth . live .
  8. Web site: Tran . Diep . Fall 2017 . Cheap Eats, Cheap Labor, Hidden Costs . . 2023-03-01 . 2023-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230301182512/https://vimeo.com/239690029 . live .
  9. Web site: Kang . Matthew . 2019-01-28 . Longtime Garden Grove pho restaurant receives prestigious James Beard award . 2023-03-01 . Eater LA . en . 2023-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230301165719/https://la.eater.com/2019/1/28/18201031/pho-70-james-beard-award-garden-grove-little-saigon-california-orange-county . live .
  10. Web site: Gude . Michelle . 2022-02-08 . The 13 Absolute Best Pho In The US . 2023-03-01 . Mashed . en-US . 2023-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230301185148/https://www.mashed.com/760457/the-absolute-best-pho-in-the-us/ . live .
  11. News: Kwun . Aileen . 2023-01-21 . Redefining the ‘New’ in Lunar New Year . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-03-01 . 0362-4331 . 2023-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230301172058/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/style/lunar-new-year-traditions.html . live .
  12. News: Addison . Bill . 2021-04-24 . Next time, order the oxtails . 2023-03-01 . Los Angeles Times . en-US . 2023-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230301172715/https://www.latimes.com/food/newsletter/2021-04-24/la-fo-newsletter-oxtails-bill-addison-tasting-notes . live .
  13. Web site: 2022-08-22 . Pho 79 . 2023-03-01 . . en . 2023-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230301164919/https://www.theinfatuation.com/los-angeles/reviews/pho-79-la . live .
  14. Web site: 2021-09-27 . Garden Grove Area Restaurant Michelin-Recognized As Affordable And Delightful Eatery . 2023-03-01 . Los Alamitos-Seal Beach, CA Patch . en . 2023-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230301171158/https://patch.com/california/losalamitos/garden-grove-restaurant-michelin-recognized-affordable-eatery . live .
  15. Web site: Phở 79 . 2023-03-01 . . en-US . 2023-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230301164703/https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/california/us-garden-grove/restaurant/pho-79 . live .

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