"This Vietnamese spot in Columbia City is a bonafide classic that hasn’t missed a beat. Almost everything at the bare-bones pool hall with a large dining room is phenomenal—and under $20. Artistically assembled lemongrass chicken vermicelli bowls could feed you for lunch and dinner, rice plates with char-marked short ribs rival those of a fancy steakhouse, and crispy fish sauce-slicked wings are among Seattle’s best. You’ll also never have to wait for a table, whether that’s for an early lunch with the soundtrack of pool playing or a weeknight dinner with a big group of friends. And you know that, no matter what time you go, there will be outstanding Vietnamese dishes waiting—and maybe an intense game of nine-ball, too." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley