Phở Kim is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Established in 2013, the family-owned restaurant is located on 82nd Avenue in the southeast Portland part of the Montavilla neighborhood.
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Phở Kim is a Vietnamese restaurant specializing in pho, located on 82nd Avenue in the southeast Portland part of the Montavilla neighborhood. The restaurant has house-made noodles.[1]
The family-owned restaurant opened in 2013. Owner Kim Lam manages operations[2] and her husband Tony Tien serves as chef.[3][4][5]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Phở Kim closed temporarily and implemented seating restrictions to comply with social distancing guidelines. The restaurant caught fire in 2020,[6] forcing a temporary close for repairs and installation of a new roof. A grand reopening ceremony was held in March 2022.[2]
Samantha Bakall and Michael Russell of The Oregonian gave Phở Kim honorable mention in a 2017 list of "Portland's 5 best bowls of pho", writing:
When people talk about 82nd Avenue's best everyday bowls of pho, Pho Oregon and Pho Hung 82 come up a lot more often than Pho Kim. That should probably change. This large restaurant, a former Carrows, serves a tasty, relatively inexpensive bowl of pho. Better yet, if you're craving Vietnamese food later in the day, Pho Kim has a full menu beyond soup, and stays open until at least 10 p.m.[7][8]
They also said of the noodles and ambiance: "Probably the weakest point of the bowl, the noodles weren't bad, just a little clumpy at first, but came apart a bit as the bowl cooled... The redecorated Carrows/Maine Street Restaurant/Saigon Pearl space greets you with several columns of cardboard boxes, but is otherwise pleasant."[7][8] In Eater Portland's 2020 overview of "Where to Find Steamy Bowls of Pho in Portland", Krista Garcia wrote:
Pho Kim might look like any other 82nd Avenue Vietnamese restaurant, but the pho is out-of-the-ordinary. The soup is distinguished by the use house-made rice noodles, a rarity in the U.S. The menu doesn't make mention of this special addition, but ask for 'big noodles,' and if available, the pho will come with wider-than-usual fresh rice noodles instead of the typical dried version.[9]
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