"If you have five friends visiting and you didn’t make a single dinner reservation, you are not a terrible host. You just had plans to take them Thái Sơn the whole time. (Okay, now commit that lie to memory.) It’s easy to walk into this Chinatown spot, the big round tables are plentiful, and the Vietnamese food is solid and affordable. If you pay with cash, no bowl of phở is over $15, and whatever you order, your meal always starts with a big pot of hot tea." - willa moore, bryan kim, matt tervooren