Went for lunch during the week. Wasn't too crowd and there were several tables open. We waited for someone to acknowledge us, but it became obvious no one was going to at any point soon. We finally sat ourselves after about 5 minutes of standing around. We were excited to try Parallel 17 as it is almost impossible to find Pho downtown and we live and work close by. The broth was quite different than Pho that we have had and was cold. The noodles were a little hard, but I will say the quality of the meat was amazing. The restaurant is nicely decorated and has a nice bar. However, we will probably continue to take the longer drive to the restaurants on Federal to get Pho.
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