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1080 S. Havana St. Aurora, CO 80012

303-344-0752

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Westword
Recommended
Best International Breakfast
Award Winner 2009

Cuisine(s): Noodle Shop, Vietnamese

Hours: Daily 9am-9pm

Price: $
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, cash

Features: Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

Serving: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: None

Reservations: Accepted, Call-Ahead Seating Available

Parking: Lot Available

Description

Lunch is busy, dinner can be worse, so breakfast may be the time to try the bunkerish Pho 79. All they do here is pho -- the slow-cooked broth-and-noodle soup served in shacks and noodle houses all over Vietnam -- with about a dozen different varieties on the menu. Strange as it may seem to get a big heaping bowl of rice noodles and beef tripe at nine in the morning, it can become a habit. And it's certain that you won't leave Pho 79 hungry.

2009 | Best International Breakfast

A cement bunker filled with soup: That's Pho 79. It doesn't serve anything more than pho and rocket-fuel Vietnamese coffee and a few boba tea drinks -- but then, it doesn't need to. Long a popular breakfast spot for the local Vietnamese community and usually far more populated (at least during the morning hours) by members of that group than by wild-eyed hipsters, East Coast transplants and others of their foul ilk, Pho 79 is nonetheless a miracle for those who feel that nothing starts... More »
2008 | Best Pho

In Vietnam, pho is breakfast, lunch, dinner and midnight snack, both a morning pick-me-up and a comfort at the end of a long day. And at Pho 79's Aurora branch (there are two other locations), regulars have gotten the message that soup is good food. Here, the beef noodle soup -- likely the single-most defining flavor of Vietnamese cuisine -- gets the full attention of the kitchen, and as a result, it gets the full attention of the customers who flock here morning, noon and night... More »
2007 | Best Really International Breakfast

Some people are willing to take a chance on unfamiliar cuisines at dinner, some will risk it at midday. But for Denver's true gastronauts, breakfast is when you earn your stripes. And there's no better (or more delicious) international wake-up call than Pho 79. At any time of the day, the only thing on the menu is pho -- but there are three sizes (the small is huge, the large big enough for a family) and countless DIY options (from simple meatballs and flank steak to the stronger and tastier... More »
2006 | BEST ASIAN BREAKFAST

Soup is good food -- especially for breakfast -- and there's no better place to start slurping than Pho 79. There are three local links in this short Vietnamese chain, and any of them is an ideal spot for an eye-opening bowl of hot pho and a cool glass of coffee that delivers like a fix of crystal meth. Our favorite outlet, though, is Aurora's Pho 79, which is cramped, bunkerish and full at nearly all hours with neighbors and wanderers, Vietnamese families and solo adventurers. At the start... More »
2005 | Best Breakfast Soup

Pho -- that beef-broth-and-rice-noodle soup that's the most ubiquitous offering in Vietnamese cuisine -- is always eaten for breakfast. It's always eaten for lunch, too, and dinner on the streets of Da Nang, and as a midnight snack by drunken scooter kids in Saigon trying to sober up for the long ride home. But as a breakfast dish, pho is unsurpassed, and no one in town does it better than Pho 79. With one broth and a million different combinations of meats, herbs, spices and noodles,... More »
2005 | Best Vietnamese Coffee

When you order Vietnamese coffee at Pho 79, the waiter warns you that it's strong. When he brings it to the table, he warns you again that the house makes it powerful, and to be careful. And after waiting for the peaceful drip-drip-drip of the tin filter to finish and the hot coffee to bleed down through the ice to the layer of sweetened, condensed milk on the bottom of the glass, you taste it and know that the waiter had only your best interests in mind. This stuff is like drinking sweet,... More »

Guess where you're eating? At an EatDenver restaurant, if you're Denverchef

By Patricia Calhoun | Tue, September 6, 2011

Cafe Society served up four Guess Where? contests last week, featuring everything from a mountain of mac and cheese with pulled pork to that rare bird, broasted chicken, to a plate of soft-shell crab... More »
Pho Duy provides cold weather comfort

By Laura Shunk | Tue, November 30, 2010

The weather has turned cold, and there's an icy bite in the air snapping at us, taunting us with the promise of the impending winter. While I don't love steeling myself against the cold, I am happy t... More »
Pho-natic opens on East Colfax to fanatical crowds

By Lori Midson | Tue, August 31, 2010

The last time I spoke with Nhanh Tran, the co-owner of Pho-natic, he described his mother, Oi Nguyen, as the "most generous woman in the world." She's renowned for giving away food to friends and fami... More »
Cruising for pho on Colfax will soon get easier with the addition of Ph?-natic

By Lori Midson | Thu, August 5, 2010

Oi Nguyen and her son, Nhanh Tran, spent weeks standing outside the front door counting feet before taking the plunge. "We'd been looking for a restaurant location for more than three years, and when ... More »
So Pho, So Good

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, August 19, 2004

What's that?" asks the young Vietnamese guy sitting at the table across from mine. He brings his hands together, palms touching, then opens them -- miming the book I have in one hand. I raise it up off the table and show him the cover -- it's my... More »

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westwordbestof | Denver, CO | 102 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

A cement bunker filled with soup: That's Pho 79. It doesn't serve anything more than pho and rocket-fuel Vietnamese coffee and a few boba tea drinks � but then, it doesn't need to. Long a popular breakfast spot for the local Vietnamese community and usually far more populated (at least during the morning hours) by members of that group than by wild-eyed hipsters, East Coast transplants and others of their foul ilk, Pho 79 is nonetheless a miracle for those who feel that nothing starts the day better than a gigantic bowl of noodles, basil, broth, lime juice and various cow parts.
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AshleyG | Denver, CO | 124 Reviews

| Mon, June 28, 2010

You go for the pho.
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SteveL90028 | Aurora, CO | 31 Reviews

| Wed, March 10, 2010

My local pho joint. It's so packed right now, literally ever seat is taken.

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Pho 79 III

1080 S. Havana St. Aurora, CO 80012

303-344-0752

Description

2009 | Best International Breakfast

2008 | Best Pho

2007 | Best Really International Breakfast

2006 | BEST ASIAN BREAKFAST

2005 | Best Breakfast Soup

2005 | Best Vietnamese Coffee

By Patricia Calhoun | Tue, September 6, 2011

By Laura Shunk | Tue, November 30, 2010

By Lori Midson | Tue, August 31, 2010

By Lori Midson | Thu, August 5, 2010

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, August 19, 2004

westwordbestof | Denver, CO | 102 Reviews

AshleyG | Denver, CO | 124 Reviews

SteveL90028 | Aurora, CO | 31 Reviews