FOOD & DRINK

Best Liquid Lunch

Pho Fusion

8800 E Hampden Ave.

303-843-6080

One day Tom Bird realized that no one

in Denver had combined the booming fast-

casual restaurant model with the fresh,

healthy benefits of Vietnamese cuisine.  And

so he started Pho Fusion, which serves not

just pho, but spring rolls and lettuce wraps,

a decent cup of Vietnamese coffee and a

spread of popular mutt-Asian entrees.  But

the four pho offerings are what Pho Fusion

does best, and they are what may make

Bird’s idea take flight.  Sitting down for a

meal at his creation is like going back in

time to the original Chipotle, or even

the first McDonald’s. Except the food tastes

better –- and is better for you.