Pho Bowl

Pho Bowl is a family-owned Vietnamese restaurant on Independence Avenue in Kansas City’s Historic Northeast — the heart of the city’s Vietnamese commercial corridor — serving pho, bun, and other traditional dishes from a counter-and-dine-in storefront.¹²

Description

Pho Bowl is a Vietnamese restaurant located at 1447 Independence Ave, Suite 135, in Kansas City, Missouri.¹² The kitchen specializes in pho alongside a broad menu of traditional Vietnamese dishes — its own listing names Nem Nuong (deep-fried ground pork), Pho Dac Biet, Chanh Muoi, Bun Bo Hue, and Tra Da among its offerings.² Reviewers also single out the shrimp-and-pork spring rolls and banh mi.¹³

The restaurant operates as a dine-in and carryout storefront with free parking, and offers online ordering for carryout or delivery.²³ It is open Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m., and closed Mondays.¹²

Pho Bowl sits on the stretch of Independence Avenue that anchors Kansas City’s Vietnamese commercial corridor in the Historic Northeast, a neighborhood long shaped by successive immigrant communities.⁴

Ownership and history

Pho Bowl is described across listings as a family-owned restaurant.¹³ The specific owner name and the restaurant’s founding year are not published on its website, the Northeast Kansas City Chamber of Commerce directory, or the third-party review aggregators reviewed for this page.

The 1447 Independence Ave address has hosted a succession of Vietnamese restaurants over the years — it was home to “Pho Hoa” as of 2011⁵ and later “Pho 1,” which review aggregators now list as closed.⁶ Pho Bowl is the current operating occupant of the space, confirmed by its own active website, an active Chamber of Commerce membership listing, and review pages updated in March 2026.¹²⁷ This page documents Pho Bowl specifically and is distinct from the prior tenants at the same address.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-20 · Source: Pho Bowl official site + Uber Eats store listing (prices) · URL(s): https://www.phobowlkc.com/ · https://www.ubereats.com/store/pho-bowl/JLreMUqGVi2uEzHc-5o0nA · Confidence: High (item set cross-confirmed across official site, Uber Eats, and Restaurantji; prices sourced from Uber Eats only)

Pho (signatures)

• Pho Dac Biet (P1) — the house special: rice-noodle beef broth with thinly sliced eye-of-round, meatball, brisket, beef shank, tendon, and tripe — Pho Bowl’s signature bowl. $15.00⁸⁹
• Pho Tai (P2) — pho with rare eye-of-round beef. $13.50⁹
• Pho Tai Nam — pho with rare beef and well-done brisket. $14.50⁹
• Pho Bo Vien — pho with beef meatballs.⁸
• Pho Ga — chicken pho. $13.50⁹
• Pho Shrimps — pho with shrimp. $15.99⁹

Bún / Vermicelli & other noodle bowls

• Bun Bo Hue — spicy Hue-style lemongrass beef noodle soup; a house specialty named on the official menu.⁸¹⁰
• Bun Thit Nuong — vermicelli bowl with grilled pork. $13.99⁹¹⁰
• Bun Thit Nuong Cha Gio — vermicelli with grilled pork and egg roll. $14.99⁹
• Bun Rieu — tomato-and-crab vermicelli soup. $15.99⁹
• Mi Hoanh Thanh (Wonton Noodle Soup) — $14.99⁹

Appetizers & rolls

• Goi Cuon (Spring Rolls) — fresh spring rolls with BBQ pork, shrimp, mint, basil, and vermicelli (2 pcs); a frequently praised item. $6.00⁸⁹
• Cha Gio (Egg Rolls) — deep-fried egg rolls with ground pork, carrots, shrimp, and clear vermicelli (3 pcs). $6.00⁹
• Nem Nuong — grilled/deep-fried seasoned ground pork; named on the official site as a menu highlight.⁸
• Crab Rangoon (Banh Cua Chien) — (4 pcs). $6.00⁸⁹

Banh Mi (Vietnamese sandwiches)

• Banh Mi Heo Nuong — grilled-pork banh mi. $6.75⁹
• Banh Mi Bo Nuong — grilled-beef banh mi. $6.75⁹

Rice plates (Com)

• Com Dui Ga — chicken thighs over rice (2 pcs). $14.99⁹
• Com Chien Trung — fried rice with eggs. $11.00⁹

Drinks

• Chanh Muoi — salted-preserved-lime soda; named on the official site.⁸
• Tra Da — Vietnamese iced tea; named on the official site.⁸
• Canned soft drinks $3.00; beef broth (32 oz) $5.99⁹

Links

• Website: https://www.phobowlkc.com/
• Online ordering: https://www.phobowlkc.com/order
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phobowl_llc/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/PHO-BOWL-100083088321107/
• Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/pho-bowl-kansas-city
• NEKC Chamber: https://nekcchamber.com/directory/pho-bowl/

Sources

Disputes

None recorded.

Footnotes

1. Yelp — “Pho Bowl, 1447 Independence Ave, Kansas City, Missouri — Vietnamese” (Updated March 2026). https://www.yelp.com/biz/pho-bowl-kansas-city — asserts: business name, address, Vietnamese cuisine, family-owned, active/open status as of March 2026, hours, 4.7-star rating. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

2. Pho Bowl official website — Home & Order pages. https://www.phobowlkc.com/ — asserts: business name, address (Kansas City, MO 64106), Vietnamese cuisine and menu items (Nem Nuong, Pho Dac Biet, Chanh Muoi, Bun Bo Hue, Tra Da), hours (Tue–Sun 10–8, closed Mon), online ordering for carryout/delivery, free parking. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

3. Restaurantji — “Pho Bowl, Kansas City.” https://www.restaurantji.com/mo/kansas-city/pho-bowl-/ — asserts: address with Suite 135, family-owned, signature dishes (spring rolls, banh mi), hours, ~165 Google reviews / 4.7 stars, actively operating (listing updated March 25, 2026). ↩ ↩² ↩³

4. Northeast News — “Our Avenue, The World’s Stage.” https://northeastnews.net/pages/our-avenue-the-worlds-stage/ — asserts: Independence Avenue / Historic Northeast as a multi-immigrant commercial corridor. ↩

5. KC Lunch Spots — “Pho Hoa: 1447 Independence Ave., KCMO” (2011). https://kclunchspots.com/2011/08/pho-hoa-1447-independence-ave-kcmo/ — asserts: prior Vietnamese-restaurant tenant (“Pho Hoa”) at 1447 Independence Ave (disambiguation). ↩

6. Yelp — “Pho 1 - CLOSED, 1447 Independence Ave, Kansas City, Missouri.” https://www.yelp.com/biz/pho-1-kansas-city — asserts: a prior tenant (“Pho 1”) at the same address is now closed (disambiguation). ↩

7. Northeast Kansas City Chamber of Commerce — directory listing for Pho Bowl. https://nekcchamber.com/directory/pho-bowl/ — asserts: active Chamber membership / local-business standing. ↩

8. Pho Bowl official website — Home page. https://www.phobowlkc.com/ (verified 2026-06-20) — asserts: menu highlights named by the restaurant: Pho Dac Biet, Pho Bo Vien, Nem Nuong (deep-fried ground pork), Bun Bo Hue, Chanh Muoi, Tra Da, spring rolls, crab rangoon. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

9. Uber Eats — Pho Bowl store/menu listing, Kansas City. https://www.ubereats.com/store/pho-bowl/JLreMUqGVi2uEzHc-5o0nA (verified 2026-06-20) — asserts: itemized menu with descriptions and prices: pho varieties (Dac Biet $15, Tai $13.50, Tai Nam $14.50, Ga $13.50, Shrimps $15.99), bun (Thit Nuong $13.99, Thit Nuong Cha Gio $14.99, Rieu $15.99), wonton noodle soup $14.99, appetizers (egg rolls/spring rolls/crab rangoon $6 each), banh mi $6.75, rice plates (Com Dui Ga $14.99, Com Chien Trung $11), drinks. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷

10. Restaurantji — “Pho Bowl, Kansas City” menu listing. https://www.restaurantji.com/mo/kansas-city/pho-bowl-/ (verified 2026-06-20) — asserts: cross-confirmation of Bun Bo Hue, Bun Thit Nuong, banh mi, spring rolls, egg rolls, and grilled-pork/steak rice plates on the menu. ↩ ↩²