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    Good Food

    Pho Town in El Monte

    Jonathan Gold traveled to South El Monte, where he discovered Pho Town, a stretch of Garvey Avenue loaded with Pho restaurants.  Jonathan's pick for the best of the bunch is Pho Minh at 9646 E. Garvey Ave. You can see pictures of the Pho dishes and read Jonathan's column at the L.A. Weekly website.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold traveled to South El Monte, where he discovered Pho Town, a stretch of Garvey Avenue loaded with Pho restaurants. Jonathan's pick for the best of the bunch is Pho Minh at 9646 E. Garvey Ave.

    pictures of the Pho dishes and read Jonathan's column at the L.A. Weekly website.

    Music break: Criminal Conversation by James Hardway

    The full episode

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    Eating on Mass Transit; Korean Taco Truck; Restaurants and Recession
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:17Korean Tacos
    3. 14:24Restaurants and the Recession
    4. 22:01The Year of the Ox
    5. 30:49Pho Town in El MonteYou’re reading this
    6. 38:04Milk Surplus
    7. 45:01Eating on Mass Transit
    8. 51:14Simply Organic
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    5 of 8
    Eating on Mass Transit; Korean Taco Truck; Restaurants and Recession
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:17Korean Tacos
    3. 14:24Restaurants and the Recession
    4. 22:01The Year of the Ox
    5. 30:49Pho Town in El MonteYou’re reading this
    6. 38:04Milk Surplus
    7. 45:01Eating on Mass Transit
    8. 51:14Simply Organic
    Back to Good Food