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No. 100 in the world · November 2026

Pho Hoa

Dorchester · Boston, United States

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The one bowl to order

Pho tai

The line to expect: Easy; lunch is quick.

A Dorchester pho house in the heart of Boston's Vietnamese neighborhood; plain, clean broth and the full plate of herbs.

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Hanoi beef phở, the clear broth

Hanoi beef phở, the clear broth

5 hr (40 min hands-on) · 6 bowls. Phở is all broth: beef bones simmered with charred onion and ginger and a few warm spices, then poured boiling over raw sliced beef so it cooks in the bowl.

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