Pho Kobe Opens Second in Irvine

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • August 27, 2013
Ever since the loosely connected Pho Bac group of restaurants went their separate ways and renamed themselves Photasia, Pho Ba Co and Pho Bac Ky, there hasn't been a pho dynasty in Irvine. Now there may very well be the beginnings of one. Pho...
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