Ambience doesn't exist. The dining area is small and dark, with closely packed dinette sets, even a set of hippie beads serving as a partition. Yet the tables are full, and groups await, bikers and ...

The joint: Pho Duong Dong, 182 Otis St., Rochester; www.phoduongdong.com; (585) 254-8120. Dining room. The meal: Medium Pho Tai Bo Vien (beef noodle soup with rare beef and beef balls). The check: ...

Pho Thai Binh Duong (11528 Bellaire Blvd #G, Tel: 832-351-3451) is one of those under-the-radar pho places that is patronized primarily by Vietnamese. It's partially tucked behind a building in the ...