{"id":436493,"date":"2026-08-18T18:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/436493\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:44:08","slug":"pho-87-still-captures-the-flavor-of-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/436493\/","title":{"rendered":"Pho 87 Still Captures the Flavor of Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Classic dishes from longtime Los Angeles restaurants<\/a> remain a welcome sight, especially from a place like Pho 87. Open since 1987, the Chinatown staple serves traditional Southern Vietnamese dishes in a minimalist dining room with remarkable consistency that keeps it among Los Angeles\u2019s favorite icons. It endures as one of the region\u2019s best destinations to slurp rice noodles submerged in deeply rich ph\u1edf broth<\/a>, sip condensed milk\u2013lightened coffee, and eat refreshingly crisp spring rolls in rice paper. Though many head to Pho 87 for its namesake dish, the menu features nearly 60 items. Don\u2019t miss the imperial egg rolls, more commonly known as ch\u1ea3 gi\u00f2, stuffed with wood ear mushrooms, pork, and glass noodles, and accompanied by a bowl of savory-sweet sauce of chilis, sugar, vinegar, and fish sauce. If you visit Pho 87 for its ph\u1edf, you will find no less than 26 different types. If you need extra broth, beef balls, or additional jalape\u00f1o, onions, cilantro, mint, lime, or Thai basil, the team happily brings some to the table for more personal customization.<\/p>\n

Peek inside the indoor fish pond at the entrance, just below multiple television sets. If the Dodgers or a local team is playing, they will have it on while you eat. The restaurant\u2019s walls are lined with kitschy vintage art and a jersey of Major League Baseball (and former Dodger) player Ryu Hyun-jin. Note that Pho 87 gets busy during Dodger games. Baseball fans typically sit for less than 30 to 45 minutes and clear out long before the first pitch.<\/p>\n

Chinatown parking is notoriously challenging. Though there is a small lot in the rear, drive slightly north of Pho 87 on North Broadway to locate a good amount of metered and free parking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Classic dishes from longtime Los Angeles restaurants remain a welcome sight, especially from a place like Pho 87.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28829,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-436493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-dining-reports","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}