Phở Vĩ Hòa

Small kitchen · open four days a week

A quiet bowl of phở,
made slowly,
served warmly.

Phở Vĩ Hòa is a family kitchen devoted to northern-style beef noodle soup. One broth. A handful of cuts. The herbs we can get fresh this morning.

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The Bowl

Broth first. Always broth first.

Our phở bò begins the night before service. Marrow bones and oxtail are blanched, rinsed, and returned to a clean pot with charred ginger and yellow onion. Star anise, cassia bark, cardamom, clove, and fennel are toasted in a dry pan until the kitchen smells like a wooden cabinet you want to crawl inside.

Then we wait. Twelve hours at a whisper of a simmer — never a rolling boil, which clouds the broth and bruises the aromatics. In the morning we skim, taste, adjust with a little rock sugar and fish sauce, and taste again. The broth is done when it is done.

Our Story

Named for a grandmother, cooked by her grandchildren.

Vĩ Hòa was our grandmother. She ran a tiny phở stall, not much more than three low tables and a charcoal brazier, for most of her adult life. When she taught us to cook, she did not give us a recipe. She handed us a ladle and told us to taste the broth every twenty minutes until we understood it.

This kitchen is our small way of keeping what she taught us alive. We are two siblings, a cousin, and a friend who shows up on weekends to help with prep. We do one thing. We try to do it the way she would have wanted.

We cook in small batches because that is the size of pot we know how to keep an eye on. When the broth runs out for the day, we put up the sign and start the next pot for tomorrow.

Visit

A warm bowl, a small room, no hurry.

Hours

Thursday – Sunday
8:00am until the broth is gone
(usually early afternoon)

Seating

Twenty-two stools. First come, first served. There is often a short wait on Saturdays; we will bring you tea.

Takeaway

Broth travels in its own container, noodles in another. Assemble at home for the best texture. We will pack herbs separately.

Private gatherings

By appointment, by introduction. We occasionally host Monday evening dinners for groups we already know.

Tucked away on a side street in the east end of the neighborhood. Look for the pale pink awning and the hand-lettered sign.