Pho is easy to overlook in the face of the city’s latest dining trends. But, like a true friend, it’s a dish that’s always reliable, especially when the weather calls for a warm pick-me-up.

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It’s not every day that a tiny mom-and-pop ethnic restaurant is so hotly anticipated. But ever since Prince of Petworth posted a picture of the maroon awning and “Coming Soon” banner, local blogs have been buzzing about the prospect of more Vietnamese food in the city. Pho 14 in Columbia Heights finally opened on Wednesday, and judging by the lines out the door this weekend, D.C. can’t get enough pho. Pho 14 offers 19 different…

Dish of the Week: Pho Pho has been called Vietnamese penicillin; it’s warm goodness certainly seems healing. And for a long time good pho was hard to come by in the District. Sure you could go to Nam Viet in Cleveland Park, Froggy Bottom Pub, or Miss Saigon in Georgetown. But it was best to go to Pho 75 in Rosslyn or one of its other locations. At its best it’s a fragrant and…

Written by DCist contributor Andrew Schneider Finding good Vietnamese cuisine in Silver Spring, or any Vietnamese cuisine besides pho, used to be tricky business. No more. The newly opened Lotus Café, on Georgia Ave. around the corner from Jackie’s and within spitting distance of the Red line, is a fantastic addition to Silver Spring’s increasingly diverse culinary scene. Originally opened in the late ‘90s as Kim Tan, the restaurant became My Le after a change…