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New Pho Bac Sup Shop Opens in International District
The much anticipated new Pho Bac Sup Shop (and accompanying natural wine shop) is now open.
By Chelsea Lin, Seattle Magazine January 2, 2018
This article was originially published on seattlemag.com.
This year is starting out awesome already: the long-awaited Pho Bac Sup Shop is now open in the International District.
You know Pho Bac as the Seattle pho spottheir broth is, in my opinion, the best of the local pho-only joints. Also, that little red boat is the cutest. And its just behind there in a boxy black building that the Pham siblingsof which there are five, three who have actively run the Pho Bac mini empire since their parents retirementhave opened Sup Shop, which is something a little different.
Where the other Pho Bac locations offer little in the way of variety, Sup Shop has a little flair, both in menu and decor. In addition to the standard beef and chicken pho bowls, theyre offering one with short rib, one with prawns in beef broth, and a dry version that comes with the broth on the side. Theres also prawn ceviche, chicken wings, pork sausage sliders, French fries and something I can only imagine is amazing called Unfortunate Cookie Mix that involves broken fortune cookes, chili oil and peanuts.
The youngest sibling, Yenvy Pham, whobecause Seattle is still sometimes one of those cities where everyone knows everyone elseis good friends with Suzi An, the former JuneBaby/Salare creative director and one of last years Eater Young Guns. An is incredibly talented as well, and she left Edouardo Jordans popular restaurants to chase dreams of owning and operating her own natural wine shop, Vita Uva, which shes opened inside Sup Shop. Shes got about 50 bottles for sale, and will be curating the wine list for the restaurant as well, to match with the flavors of Vietnamese cooking.
The two friends hope to introduce the I.D. community to somethingsomething that can be a little bougie, more sophisticatedthey may be unfamiliar with. We want to change perceptions, An says. Yenvy wants to do that with Vietnamese food. I want to do it with wine.
Restaurant hours moving forward are daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Vita Uva will be open Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p. m. Follow along on Facebook for updates.