Tuesday, February 2, 2010

February is Saturday Pho Month

Every day this February the crew will be heading to those restaurants that aren't open on Sunday. Here's the current lineup that we'll visit around 1pm each Saturday.

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Site Search Added

The Queue Crew is always looking for ways to make this site more useful to you. Based on the search terms it looks like you want more specific information about restaurants. So we'll work on creating that information. But for even more specific searches we've added the search box in the upper right. As you search more, we can refine or expand our content based on what you search for. It'll also allow you to find existing content on the site faster.
So give the new search box a try and let us know what you think.
Thanks!

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Advanced Pho Eating Techniques

If you're new to pho, you may be intimidated by eat soup with sticks. You don't need to be. Tri Nguyen presents some tips for starting out with pho. Although I would say try the soup by itself first, before adding the goodies, it's a good primer on the many options available.

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Monday, October 12, 2009

Pho Aurora - Bitter Lake


I've only walked out of a handful of restaurants in my life. Pho Aurora in Bitter Lake is now on that list. Maybe they were busy with the large group of kids that prevented us from getting a menu for 15 minutes. Maybe the employees were good friends with the kids and needed to talk to them instead of help us. Maybe the other groups that were waiting longer than us got some help after we took our business down the road to Than Bros.
I'll give them another chance, but only after I've visited all the other options first.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Pho Vietnam in Ballard


There's something about the 15th and Aurora corridors that creates good pho. Ms. Martini, Darin, Eli, Les, and the furtively feline Ross exploited Pho Vietnam with many other purple clad denizens. Between the pastries, evil eye for water, the Collins Saga, Daren's PSA about the handkerchief code, the Left Hand of Truth, and Kitties! it was a very good pho.

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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Than Brother Pho in West Seattle

Gloria, Eli, Les, Jonathan B., Tim, Kevin, and new recruits Joe and Tom found themselves in West Seattle. It was a day like many others. Sunny and warm, filled with good pho, conversations about music, and venues, and the history of team edpete. It even appeared that Eli was a special customer as he was delivered extra sprouts without asking. But what none knew, and what few could have predicted, was the scene they witnessed as they routinely paid the check.
Outside.
In broad daylight.
Unabashedly exposed to the eyes of the innocent onlookers, there rode up California street more than two dozen of them.

Painted nudist bicyclists.

No one knew where they came from or where they went. But after it was over, no one would forget what they had witnessed that day.
And perhaps some day in the future, when young Melody is grown, those that witnessed the events that transpired will be able to look back and recall that day and talk about what happened. And what could have been.

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Hot Pho in Renton

September 6, 2009 saw a departure from the Seattle based pho with the introduction of Hot Pho in Renton. The pho is about average, but its proximity to Fry's give it a bonus for the hungry tech crowd. Its nearness to No Bull Saloon, Sanchez's Tacqueria, and Friendly Fuels might also be an asset for some other crowds.

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