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Miami Vietnamese Guide

FRI public-record essay for vietnamese restaurants in Miami.

Miami now has 11 validated Vietnamese entries across the FRI public-record base. For decades, public records mostly showed the broad category. FRI reconstructs the arc from first inspection dates, closure signals, and new-license activity, then filters out unverified candidates before naming restaurants.

Updated 2026-08-31 14:37 UTC

By FRI Editorial Desk · Chronological evolution

Price and service-format claims are withheld. License seating, OSS category, and chain footprint are not observed menu prices; a future price analysis must use sourced menu/check data and local-market normalization.

Validated open entries 11 · ·

Confirmed closures 0 · ·

Inspection/safety overlays 0 · ·

Filtered candidates 0 · ·

Gone But Not Forgotten

No validated entries cleared this era bucket.

Early Foundations

2017

Pho 79 Noodle and Grill

Unverified

1415 Sw 107 Ave, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2020

Pho Tastic

Unverified

16772 Sw 88 St, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2020

Tran An

215 Ne 82 Street, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Basilic Vietnamese Grill

Unverified

14734 Biscayne Blvd, North Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Green Papaya Vietnamese Cuisine

Unverified

16893 Nw 67 Ave, Miami Lakes

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Little Caesars Pizza #2244

Unverified

1812 Ne Miami Gardens Dr, North Miami Beach

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Miss Saigon

Unverified

9539 Sw 160 St, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Pho 79 V

9503 S Dixie Hwy, Pinecrest

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

First Breakaways

year not resolved

Phuc Yea

7100 Biscayne Blvd #100, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Tropical Cafe

Unverified

5895 Nw 167 St, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Tropical Cookery

Unverified

5825 Ne 2 Ave, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

The Rise

year not resolved

Basilic Vietnamese Grill

Unverified

14734 Biscayne Blvd, North Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Green Papaya Vietnamese Cuisine

Unverified

16893 Nw 67 Ave, Miami Lakes

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Little Caesars Pizza #2244

Unverified

1812 Ne Miami Gardens Dr, North Miami Beach

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Miss Saigon

Unverified

9539 Sw 160 St, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2017

Pho 79 Noodle and Grill

Unverified

1415 Sw 107 Ave, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Pho 79 V

9503 S Dixie Hwy, Pinecrest

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2020

Pho Tastic

Unverified

16772 Sw 88 St, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Phuc Yea

7100 Biscayne Blvd #100, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2020

Tran An

215 Ne 82 Street, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Tropical Cafe

Unverified

5895 Nw 167 St, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

New Generation

year not resolved

Basilic Vietnamese Grill

Unverified

14734 Biscayne Blvd, North Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Green Papaya Vietnamese Cuisine

Unverified

16893 Nw 67 Ave, Miami Lakes

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Little Caesars Pizza #2244

Unverified

1812 Ne Miami Gardens Dr, North Miami Beach

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Miss Saigon

Unverified

9539 Sw 160 St, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Pho 79 V

9503 S Dixie Hwy, Pinecrest

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Phuc Yea

7100 Biscayne Blvd #100, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Tropical Cafe

Unverified

5895 Nw 167 St, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Tropical Cookery

Unverified

5825 Ne 2 Ave, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Other Notables

year not resolved

Tropical Cookery

Unverified

5825 Ne 2 Ave, Miami

Notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Final Word

The arc is reconstructed from first-inspection dates, closure-confirmation signals, new-license activity, and FRI validation. It is a public-record history, not a claim of complete cultural memory.

Methodology and Audit

Entries clear the FRI cascade on DBPR status, closure vetting, and cuisine attribution. Identity enrichment (DBPR/OSS/Sunbiz name agreement, geocoded address, city/county consistency, plus cached Google/Foursquare/Yelp verifier context) refines a listing but is no longer a publish gate: a DBPR record that fails only enrichment is still shown rather than dropped. A record that cannot be matched to an identity is marked "Unverified DBPR Record" and its unverified corporate/website/social attribution is withheld; a record that cannot be geocoded is recorded as un-located. Failures and enrichment levels are written to output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet for operator review.

11 of 11 candidate evaluations published (100.0%); 8 marked unverified (no identity match), 0 recorded as un-located (no geocode). Audit log: output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet.

Data sources: FRI Cuisine Essays. Built from DBPR public inspection records, Florida Sunbiz business filings, and Foursquare/OSS location data. All counts are derived from public records — no estimates or projections unless labeled as forecast.

Time-series forecasts and anomaly detection use NVIDIA NV-Tesseract. Model output is labeled separately from official records.