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Pho Ha Noi Berkeley - New Restaurants We're Eager to Try in 2026
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/07/new-restaurants-bay-area-2026/?share=2ctsyons020rc02tanwu
Helen Nguyen’s Pho Ha Noi empire is expanding. After seeing how many Stanford students packed her Palo Alto place, she decided to give the Cal crowd a taste of her long-simmered soup broths and other Vietnamese fare.
The South Bay entrepreneur is an international trade veteran who added “restaurateur” to her résumé after she and her husband, Harry, opened a pho restaurant in San Jose’s Little Saigon a decade ago, followed by Cupertino, Palo Alto, Milpitas and Fremont locations.
The menu supplements the beef, chicken or vegetable pho with spring rolls, nuoc cham wings, vermicelli bowls and several specialties, such as Vietnamese sizzling steak, a prime filet mignon from Harris Ranch, sliced and served with pate and sides,
Look for the restaurant to arrive about the time the fall 2026 students do.
Details: 2435 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley; phohanoi.com