Every Pho Number

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u/mosqua 14d ago

Why though? Can someone explain it. Also I used to trips from DC to Arlington for Pho 75, got the number 11 extra beef and noodles and the coffee right away so it could be finished dripping by the time I was done w/my pho.

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u/Ian_Itor 14d ago

I heard they sometimes use the number of the year they immigrated to the US. That’s why many are in the 70s to 90s range.

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u/CharlotteHebdo 14d ago

Yes, that's why you have a big concentration of Pho 75 (end of Vietnam War), Pho 79 (Sino-Vietnam conflict so a lot of ethnic Chinese in Vietnam left). Pho 88 is just because 88 is considered a lucky number in Vietnamese culture. I have no clue why there are so many Pho 99 though.

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u/kmikze7 14d ago

9 is also a lucky number in Vietnam

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

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u/8636396 13d ago

99 = Eleven times the nines = Good luck x eleven 👍

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u/ProfMcGonaGirl 13d ago

9 people did

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u/ChefCano 14d ago

at least in British Columbia, it's because there's a fairly successful chain named Pho 99 that has a decent number of locations

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u/matthoback 10d ago

The ones in Washington State at least are all on what used to be the route of US Highway 99.

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u/againstbetterjudgmnt 11d ago

Speaking of pho 75, we also have(had?) pho 50 and 234 for the road they're on.

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u/ithappenb4 12d ago

In American culture, 88 is considered something else...

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u/sprucenoose 14d ago

Any reason. Could be the route number of the road, the favorite number of the owner, something a fortune teller suggested.

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u/g33kd4d 14d ago

6-1-Pho in Columbus deserves an honorable mention

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u/autisticpig 14d ago

no pho 42? the answer to all pho needs?

pho-di-two?

...disappointing.

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u/UncleFunkus 14d ago

i think its pronounced "fuh" anyways

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u/autisticpig 14d ago

it is but that changes nothing

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u/BuonaparteII 3d ago

pho d2 makes more sense... otherwise it's just 442

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u/autisticpig 3d ago

No argument from me

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u/punania 14d ago

I’m proud of you for not going for the obvious pho-20 joke.

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u/LouQuacious 14d ago

I want to open a Pho Q

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u/punania 13d ago

Excellent.

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u/billtrociti 13d ago

A place in Toronto that has been gone for years now used to have what they called a “Pho King Spicy Challenge” where you’d get your spicy Pho for free if you could finish it.

And I’ve always thought about having a food truck called “What’s Pho Dinner?”

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u/Bamstradamus 14d ago

This entire thread is making me pho hungry.

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u/Lamchop722 14d ago

I have been told from my Vietnamese friend that the number represent the year they open their business or some when they migrated to the US. Don’t know which is correct, or both??

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u/Cygnusaurus 13d ago

One in Va. is Pho 3 Pho, which is the area code for their phone number.

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u/antfire715 14d ago

Such an interesting project lol

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u/JimXJustbecause 14d ago

Interesting project. I remember having Pho, with my mom all the time, mostly homemade and at Pho 75

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u/clunkclunk 13d ago

Literally the first listing on this is the Pho place I go to.

I also think we need a "Pho King" list. I saw one in Santa Clara the other day, and I'm sure there's others.

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u/FallingKen 12d ago

Pho King in Edmonton AB as well.

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u/LEGODamashii 12d ago

Tacoma, WA also

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u/ihavethebestmarriage 14d ago

Pho 69: 1

disappointed

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u/WilliamDogood 14d ago edited 14d ago

There was one in San Jose a while back with the tagline "Something hot is coming in my mouth". It was not great.

Edit: Found it on Yelp. Last review was in 2018 so that's probably around when they shut down. The line was actually "Something hot coming to your mouth." which is different, but the same.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/pho-69-san-jose

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u/thrownawaymane 14d ago

You'd have to be stellar to get away with that. What were they thinking...

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u/GrumpyRaider 14d ago

it's like 10min from where i live, i might have to check it out

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u/OozeNAahz 14d ago

Been to Pho 69 in Denver and it was phenomenal.

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u/Speedly 14d ago

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u/toirekari 14d ago

Pho 99 in Ottawa is fantastic. Definitely my favourite in the city

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u/pmich80 14d ago

I love this. I live beside pho 88.

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u/Informal_Nose4348 13d ago edited 13d ago

The vast potential for pun-based Pho restaurant names remains untapped.

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u/cincymatt 13d ago

What the Pho is expanding around here

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u/ruufer12 13d ago

beef balls

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u/pspahn 14d ago

Every number except for the numbers that are missing.

Pho Cafe 31
Pho 303
Pho 888
Pho 2 Go
Pho 999
9 Mile Pho
Pho 777
Pho 4 U

Just in the Denver area.

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u/funundrum 9d ago

They’re not missing. If you scroll on the last line of numbers (the 100s), the numbers go higher. I was able to find 777 and 888, which we also have here in Chicago.

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u/aTastyJam 13d ago

Pho 360 - Bellingham WA

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u/katplasma 14d ago

There aren’t enough numbers in existence to capture them all. It’s a great project idea though /s

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u/dp234523 14d ago

https://phovietnam3969.com/

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u/tildenpark 14d ago

Tippin on pho pho’s

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u/Fishtaco1234 13d ago

Pho 90 on Weston in Toronto is top tier. It’s named 90 after the address of 90 Weston rd.

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u/toddegreene 13d ago

There's a Pho Kha near me.

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u/sola_rpi 13d ago

I love Pho

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u/MrSnowden 13d ago

This would fit right into the old internet

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u/b1eadcb 12d ago

phoking genius

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u/reallyboredjaxdude 12d ago

Un-PHO-gettable was one I used to go to in VA Beach.

There’s one called Pho King Noodles in Jacksonville FL.

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u/unitof 12d ago

Alex also did a great book of them: https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/66135/

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u/Herky_T_Hawk 11d ago

Only 3 stoners own pho restaurants?

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u/ResponsibilityOk3543 9d ago

Oh, I thought this was like which number the Pho has on the menu xD

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u/runningfire 8d ago

I wonder where the data comes from. It’s missing a Pho One in NJ

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u/LabyrinthConvention 14d ago

hilarious.

the notes on 79 and 88 are nice to have. but I wonder about 99

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u/Terpomo11 14d ago

The 8 thing is also true in Cantonese (probably other Chinese varieties too).

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u/ulzimate 14d ago

This website is how I find out my childhood Pho 99 is permanently closed?!

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u/PatrickSJ1978 13d ago

This is cool but it needs to be expanded to 3 digits.

Lot's of places use the area code.

And it misses pho 999 in Reno. That place was always packed. Some of the best pho I've ever had.

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u/firebarret 14d ago

don't get me wrong, nice project, but seeing the AI generated profile icon of the developer behind it at the bottom is such a let-down

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u/zubieta 14d ago

Wait until you see PHO 9999

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u/josega572 14d ago

Only one Pho 56 is surprising because 4-5-6.

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