Ha VL is a
Vietnamese
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* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living outside Vietna ...
restaurant in
Portland, Oregon
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, United States.
Description
The restaurant serves
soup
Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot – though it is sometimes served chilled – made by cooking or otherwise combining meat or vegetables with Stock (food), stock, milk, or water. According to ''The Oxford Compan ...
s, including
pho.
History
Ha (Christina) Luu and William Vuong opened Ha VL in 2004.
Rose VL Deli is a "sister" restaurant.
Annam VL
Annam VL is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Established in 2023, the business is operated by the family behind local eateries Ha VL and Rose VL Deli.
Description
The Vietnamese restaurant Annam VL operates on Belm ...
opened in 2024.
Reception
In 2017, the restaurant's Luu was nominated in the Best Chef Northwest category of the
James Beard Foundation Awards
The James Beard Foundation Awards are annual awards presented by the James Beard Foundation to recognize chefs, restaurateurs, authors and journalists in the United States. They are scheduled around James Beard's May 5 birthday. The media award ...
. Ha VL was nominated in the Outstanding Restaurant category in 2020. In 2019, Michael Russell of ''
The Oregonian
''The Oregonian'' is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the West Coast of the United States, U.S. West Coast, founded as a weekly by Tho ...
'' called the restaurant "one of America’s most celebrated Vietnamese soup destinations". He included Ha VL in the newspaper's 2020 list of the city's 40 best inexpensive restaurants and 2025 list of the 21 best restaurants in southeast Portland. Ha VL was included in
The Infatuation
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2024 list of Portland's best restaurants.
See also
*
List of Vietnamese restaurants
Following is a list of Vietnamese restaurants:
* An Xuyên Bakery, Portland, Oregon, U.S.
* Anh and Chi, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
* Annam VL, Portland, Oregon
* Ba Bar, Seattle, Washington, U.S.
* Bambū
* Berlu, Portland, Oregon
* ...
References
External links
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{{Restaurants in Portland, Oregon
2004 establishments in Oregon
Restaurants established in 2004
Restaurants in Powellhurst-Gilbert, Portland, Oregon
Vietnamese restaurants in Portland, Oregon