“This is a good value overall. While many of the sandwiches and most burgers are over $10, with fries included it’s a full and fulfilling meal. Snacks and apps are well under $10. Look for weekly specials on mussels (Mondays), tacos (Tuesdays) and wings (Wednesdays) for deals.”

American comfort food gets an international twist at this Mid-City hangout dishing up sandwiches featuring housemade sausages and rotisserie meats, as well as burgers and fries, tacos and boudin balls.”

“The young guys behind the diner counter greet everyone jovially while manning the grills, calling out a regular’s drink order and bantering with each other in Vietnamese. They stack burgers and deli sandwiches, slice lemongrass chicken from a rotisserie for tacos and tend whatever traditional Southeast Asian dish they have as a special. Order the mussels and they pour Belgian ale direct from the beer taps over a bowl of shiny black shells before cooking it all down and piling on the ultra-crisp fries.”

“The Fharmacy menu includes mussels and fries, a Chicago-style Italian beef sandwich and a chicken Caesar wrap. On a vertical rotisserie, lemongrass chicken slowly cooks for tacos, wraps and salads. And the house hamburger is topped with giardiniera and bacon jam.”