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    More Tasty Pho

    Popular Montrose Vietnamese spot revamps and relocates to focus on pho

    Eric Sandler
    Feb 5, 2018 | 4:01 pm
    Les Noodle Les Baget bowl of pho
    Les Noo'dle is bringing pho to Montrose.
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    Les Ba’get has closed in Montrose, but fans of the restaurant’s innovative fare shouldn’t fret too much. Cat Nguyen and Angie Dang, Les Ba’get’s husband-and-wife owners, aren’t abandoning the neighborhood that’s made their restaurant a success.

    For two-and-a-half years, Les Ba’get has earned raves for its innovative take on classic Vietnamese food, despite challenges like limited parking and a small kitchen that made it hard to serve diners efficiently while maintaining quality.

    The owners have responded to these issues in two ways. In late spring, they’re relocating Les Ba’get to a 3,000-square-foot space in Oak Forest’s 33 1/3 at Thirtyfourth development. The new restaurant will feature the full Les Ba’get menu in a newly constructed building with lots more parking.

    Rather than leaving Montrose, Nguyen and Dang have decided to convert Les Ba’get into a new concept called Les Noo’dle, which will serve pho. The new restaurant is expected to open in March.

    “It was a really tough decision,” Dang says about closing Les Ba’get to convert it to Les Noo’dle. “It just made sense for the Montrose location. It was surely a blessing for us. We’re not going to leave our Montrose home. We’re just going to turn it into something else.”

    Dang tells CultureMap that pho has become one of Les Ba’get’s top sellers, but the kitchen’s limited size made it hard to meet demand — as many as 300 bowls per day — while still serving the rest of the restaurant’s menu. Transforming the space into a dedicated pho restaurant will allow the couple to accommodate customer requests to add both a chicken and vegetarian broth, as well as a dry pho option (broth on the side). The new restaurant will also offer additional proteins including beef tongue, free range chicken, and quail eggs.

    In addition to the new menu, Les Noo’dle will have a new interior design that will capture some of the feeling of eating at a street cart in Vietnam, but some of the old elements will remain, too. Diners will still be able to see into the kitchen to watch their meals being prepared, and the service format will be fast casual. The couple are also working on wine-based cocktails that will be available at both restaurants.

    In a city full of Vietnamese restaurants that serve very similar menus, Les Ba’get’s creativity has helped it stand out. Montrose may not have very many Vietnamese options, but Midtown, for example, certainly does. Despite the competition, expect Les Noo'dle to distinguish itself.

    “We’re always about fresh food and quality,” Dang says. “Like Cat said when we first started, he wanted to do something different. He wanted people to know Vietnamese food isn’t just cheap.”

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    Intimate Houston cocktail lounge adds European-inspired outdoor patio

    Brianna Griff
    Jun 16, 2025 | 9:44 am
    Clarkwood cocktail bar in Montrose courtyard
    Photo Courtesy of Clarkwood
    The Gin Design Group brought together shades of cream, gray, and white to deliver an elevated ambiance.

    Houstonians, there’s a new al fresco destination for the summer — Clarkwood, the chic cocktail bar in Montrose, has expanded with a 1,500-square-foot courtyard bar.

    Housed in a 1930s building that was once home to the Star Engraving Co., Clarkwood became an immediate favorite for date nights and celebratory sips when co-founders Army Sadeghi and Mason Clark opened it in 2022. Indeed, the only problem is that it has never had enough room to accommodate everyone who wants to join the party. The courtyard doubles Clarkwood’s capacity and adds versatility to its nightlife programming, including ambient DJ sets and seasonal late-night events.

    Nominated for Bar of the Year in the CultureMap Tastemaker Awards, Clarkwood’s elevated ambiance has been thoughtfully extended to the outdoors by Houston's Gin Design Group, with shades of cream, gray, and white combining with lush greenery and old world glamour reminiscent of Europe. Meanwhile, a rotating lineup of DJs and other late-night programming will either energize or chill the atmosphere.

    “The courtyard bar is a reflection of our commitment to thoughtful, high-design hospitality,” Sadeghi said in a statement. “It gives us space to push creatively — with new drinks, music, and experiences — while staying true to the intimate elegance that defines Clarkwood.”

    To celebrate the expansion, Clarkwood is offering two cocktails that will only be served in the courtyard bar. The Clarkwood Punch Bowl is a shareable libation crafted tableside with gin, elderflower, cold-pressed Texas grapefruit, tonic, and rosé. For a more tropical drink, the Mezcal Matcha Colada combines mezcal and blanco tequila with ceremonial-grade matcha, pineapple, banana, and coconut cream.

    And for those who can’t imagine summer without an Aperol spritz, there’s the Gold Hour Spritz Menu. Launching this season, the menu features three unique spritzes and is available nightly from 6-8 pm.

    Clarkwood is open daily from 5 pm-2 am.

    Clarkwood cocktail bar in Montrose courtyard
      

    Photo courtesy of Clarkwood

    The Gin Design Group brought together shades of cream, gray, and white to deliver an elevated ambiance.

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