The LAT Bump

So, how's Pho Minh doing, now that its myriad empty tables were profiled in the LA Times last week? Place has been slammed, according to a Chowhound: "Got there 12:45, the joint was jumpin'. There were people waiting for a table, the staff couldn't clean tables fast enough, and people kept coming in ... When Erik took my name, I joked that a lot of people must've read the Times this morning. He smiled, a little uncertainly. 'I didn't expect this,' he said." [CH via Squid Ink]