"So we only have 14 ways of beef to go?"
We're on stop nine of a 13-restaurant crawl through the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, which since the 1970s has been home to an active and entrepreneurial Vietnamese community. Though you can find good pho in Chinatown and some other neighborhoods, Dorchester, just down the Red Line, beats them all on density of restaurants and depth of options within them. And if you're in Boston and have at least a passing interest in local fare beyond lobster rolls and chowder, a trip to Dorchester belongs at the top of your list.
Though that thought doesn't help ease the pain as we settle into our tenth full meal of the afternoon.
With about a dozen Vietnamese restaurants and bakeries along a mile-long stretch of Dorchester Avenue, you can indeed visit them all in a day, though after doing so I can't exactly recommend it. With all its fresh herbs and vinegary condiments, Vietnamese food can sure seem light, but after slurping 10 bowls of pho, my blood was diluted to 30% beef broth and I was burping star anise for days.
Which is why I've assembled an abbreviated guide to the neighborhood's greatest hits that you can take down in a day trip without shooting your sodium levels to Hanoi. Of course, I'm not a local, and my time in Dorchester was limited, so I won't pretend this is anything close to comprehensive. What I can say is that some restaurants are absolute must-visits while others are quite easy to skip. The neighborhood's best bowl of pho was just the beginning. Here are all the other wonderful things worth eating.
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