


The family already closed their 5716 Geary Boulevard location during the pandemic, and the restaurant was robbed in May 2020 in broad daylight while police spent two hours making their way to the scene of the crime. But it hasn’t been an easy few years for the restaurant. Tablehopper reports owner Thao Pham and the family behind the business are “seeing their options” in regard to what will become of the restaurant going forward.Ī longtime favorite in the Tenderloin, Turtle Tower is best known for that phở ga made with free-range chicken broth and house-made rice noodles - the smart move is to get it with giblets. Yet the fate of the 23-year-old institution, which is well-loved for doling out bowl after bowl of Vietnamese chicken noodle soup, is up in the air after the restaurant’s building at 645 Larkin Street was listed for sale.

If there’s a culinary ambassador for San Francisco’s Little Saigon, it might be longstanding Vietnamese restaurant Turtle Tower.
