305463 Wed Jun 28 23:24:03 -0700 2006 13 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 1717672 I realize that I am blessed to live so close to Haight b/w Fillmore and Steiner, but I guess I'm greedy. There are days when Indian, BBQ, Sausages, Thai and Med just don't do it for me. Sometimes I crave Phở. Do I always have to head to Clement Street or the Tenderloin? Is there anything closer? Wed Jun 28 23:24:03 -0700 2006 13934 answerman 1 1717699 Well, I've never been, but there is a Vietnamese place on 14th at Church - I would consider that close enough to Lower Haight to count. It's been open less than a year...I think it's called Will's... Wed Jun 28 23:38:55 -0700 2006 1717672 10989 Absonot 1 1717771 It's been open since January, I believe. It is Will's Vietnamese, in the space of another restaurant which was half-Vietnamese, half Chinese. I had some pho there: decent, but nothing earth shattering. Ban mi was good too, but rather on the pricy side compared to the bare-bone operations on larkin. The space was reviewed by Reidinger last week in the SFBay Guardian. Now if only I knew how to insert a link to that in this fancy new redesign... Thu Jun 29 00:14:14 -0700 2006 1717672 10878 cedichou 2 1718299 No "inserting" needed to add a link. Just type it in the body of your message with http://etc. as normal text and voila! Thu Jun 29 07:41:08 -0700 2006 1717771 10039 Melanie Wong 3 1720524 This is so simple and intuitive, how did I not think about it! Thanks! Fri Jun 30 06:08:39 -0700 2006 1718299 10878 cedichou 1 1718190 You'll probably have to leave your hood for good Pho. Here are some places that are worth it. Vietnam II on Larkin and Ellis is a great Vietnamese restaurant with excellent Pho. I don't order anything else there. They have all varieties of Pho but my fav is Pho tai with beef on the side. If you go there for dinner ask for the lunch menu. The dinner menu, for some odd reason, does not have any pho listed in there. Other choices are Pho Hoa on Geary in the Richmond, Sunflower on 16th is another and the closest to you. I have not been to Will's yet. Thu Jun 29 05:10:52 -0700 2006 1717672 10570 slickmachines 2 1718993 Vietnam II will give you weird looks if you order the pho for dinner. But they are friendly weird looks, and they are happy to get you pho. My friend and I used to go 3-4 times a week and talked them into pho with beef, tofu, and veggies. Maybe an odd combo but tastes wonderful before starting a long day of work. Thu Jun 29 17:19:58 -0700 2006 1718190 14522 jalapenogrl 3 1719144 I don't believe pho is considered dinner food (I could be wrong). My Viet mother generally ate it as breakfast or lunch. Thu Jun 29 18:04:57 -0700 2006 1718993 10896 chaddict 1 1718786 I live near the Lower Haight too and there aren't too many options right in the neighborhood. We usually head out to the inner sunset and go to Yummy Yummy on Irving (between 11th and 12th). Thu Jun 29 16:02:55 -0700 2006 1717672 11823 AlleyCat 1 1718966 Try Dragonfly ar 9th and Judah. It's outstanding! You can catch the N/Judah two blocks from your house and get off right outside the restaurant. Thu Jun 29 17:08:02 -0700 2006 1717672 14801 mc2 1 1719155 I've seen Will's at 14th & Church, but a quick glance at the menu stopped me from going in. It seems quite expensive compared to the TL & Sunset or Richmond restaurants!!! But, a little further away (Mission) is Sunflower restaurant, with it's two locations (sharing, I believe, one kitchen). They are on 16th St. @ Valencia and Valencia @ 16th. I've never had pho there, though. Bruce Thu Jun 29 18:09:54 -0700 2006 1717672 14823 bruce 1 1720436 Not quite Lower Haight but not Tenderloin either. Turtle Tower II (original one's in Tenderloin) on Geary between 21st and 22nd. Good Hanoi-style noodles. Fri Jun 30 04:40:21 -0700 2006 1717672 15081 hammiesmommy 1 1743174 citrus club is at the stanyan end of haight. its a swanky cozy little place filled with haight hipsters and the many various peoples of the haight. ok food. but its worth it in a fix. Thu Jul 13 19:43:49 -0700 2006 1717672 11624 Lord Griffin 2 1743229 But sadly, not Vietnamese. They have their version of pho but not so great. Thu Jul 13 20:05:02 -0700 2006 1743174 10896 chaddict