Link<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nMargaryan said people kept telling him how much they missed his clean, high-quality food and asked if he would ever revive the restaurant. After giving it a lot of thought, Margaryan decided to give it another shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI decided to do it because people love the food and they want this food to be in the community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#9Pho returned at the beginning of August as #9PhoToGo. It continues to offer the same classic Vietnamese dishes, including pho, banh mi sandwiches and bun noodle bowls. Everything is made to order using fresh ingredients, and the prices have increased by only $1 to $2.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVegan Spring Rolls made with tofu and mushrooms at #9PhoToGo in Long Beach, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nMargaryan is very grateful that the owners of Tarentella are letting him use the space and letting him keep the business on Fourth Street, which was a priority for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Fourth Street [has] become like a house to me,\u201d he said. \u201cIt’s an honor to be in the street again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Margaryan is taking this new chapter of #9Pho one step at a time and isn\u2019t sure what will come next, but he is optimistic that it will all work out in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis has a lot of potential to make something very big,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll find a way to bring it back no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#9PhoToGo is popping up in Tarantella on 4th at 2120 E Fourth Street, Monday through Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vahe Margaryan, a construction worker turned chef, refuses to give up on his vision and has revived the restaurant for the third time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":89623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32365],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[32346],"class_list":["post-89673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eat","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89673"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89680,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89673\/revisions\/89680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89673"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=89673"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=89673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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