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"I'm excited that a rare Vietnamese dining option is coming to the neighborhood: District 7 Pho, a pho-soup specialist with a self-described menu of “favorable delights,” is set to debut on July 7 in suite 120 at the Imperial Plaza retail center at the intersection of Rancho Drive and Craig Road. Planned hours are daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., with an earlier 6 p.m. closing on Sundays. Appetizers will include garlic butter clams, grilled pork spring rolls, and shrimp patties, while vermicelli and rice plate entrees feature grilled pork chop, Chinese sausage, pork belly, and shrimp. The pho selection is split into “traditional” and a “dry” option (the dry option serves pho noodles with house sauce and brings vegetables and broth on the side), and traditionalists can add rare steak, beef meatballs, fatty flank, brisket, chicken, vegetables, or a limited-time oxtail upgrade — all served in a broth the restaurant promises will simmer for “over 20 hours.”" - Bradley Martin