Pagolac Is a Big Fish in a Smaller Pond

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • July 11, 2013
There have been a lot of changes in Little Saigon recently, and I don't like them at all. Call me sentimental, but when I heard that Pho Thanh Lich (winner of multiple awards we've bestowed as the county's best pho) had moved out of its iconic...
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