First visit: Dec 2017
First out of the shoot is Keller's newest Vietnamese restaurant, cleverly named Pho-In-The-Box. No two for 99 cent tacos here, but damn the pho is good. This is a Mrs. RJG discovery (she's gotten good at it since we've been traveling)!
Here we have some fantastic Vietnamese fare. The meatball pho I tried is some of the best I've had, with a wonderful broth, filled to the brim with cilantro and onions. The crispy eggrolls are awesome as well. I must try their stir fried chicken soon! Mrs. RJG is hooked on their tender brisket soup. We still like Big Bowl too, but Pho-In-The-Box is offering a serious challenge. And it's closer to us, truth be told.
To drink, it's the fountain for sodas. I imagine it's also BYOB, if you bring your own supplies. But we've only been for lunch.
As for their location, remember Yu's Gold-In? Gone. That's too bad as they were our favorite Chinese place in the area. We had been as recently as of November of last year (not exactly regulars were we?). I can't believe I never got around to updating that entry from 2009. Well anyway, let's pilfer some language from it: From what I can gather, Gold-In was once a small hamburger joint, that eventually evolved into a Chinese restaurant. When I first located the restaurant on Urbanspoon, it was listed as Betty's Gold-In and I later made the correction for them. You may recall our reference to this restaurant in the Little Joe's Pizza post (which is now closed), where we stated "Behind an ancient combo gas station/Chinese restaurant (and, yep, the two sure do go together), is another strip mall, that looks like an afterthought of planning." This is that Chinese restaurant. Kind of fun to reminisce here, as Little Joe's has been gone forever (there's a burger/bar there now). The gas station is gone, though the convenience store lives on. Urbanspoon? Old times, huh Uncle RJG? In any case, PITB didn't do anything with the interior, but it was good as it was. It's not fine dining - in fact they offer all to-go utensils - even the bowl for soup is plastic! It's practical, right?
Pho-In-The-Box first location is in Grapevine, which remains open as of May 2022.
To drink, it's the fountain for sodas. I imagine it's also BYOB, if you bring your own supplies. But we've only been for lunch.
As for their location, remember Yu's Gold-In? Gone. That's too bad as they were our favorite Chinese place in the area. We had been as recently as of November of last year (not exactly regulars were we?). I can't believe I never got around to updating that entry from 2009. Well anyway, let's pilfer some language from it: From what I can gather, Gold-In was once a small hamburger joint, that eventually evolved into a Chinese restaurant. When I first located the restaurant on Urbanspoon, it was listed as Betty's Gold-In and I later made the correction for them. You may recall our reference to this restaurant in the Little Joe's Pizza post (which is now closed), where we stated "Behind an ancient combo gas station/Chinese restaurant (and, yep, the two sure do go together), is another strip mall, that looks like an afterthought of planning." This is that Chinese restaurant. Kind of fun to reminisce here, as Little Joe's has been gone forever (there's a burger/bar there now). The gas station is gone, though the convenience store lives on. Urbanspoon? Old times, huh Uncle RJG? In any case, PITB didn't do anything with the interior, but it was good as it was. It's not fine dining - in fact they offer all to-go utensils - even the bowl for soup is plastic! It's practical, right?
Pho-In-The-Box first location is in Grapevine, which remains open as of May 2022.
12/27/17 (new entry); 4/24/18
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