Storefronts in the West Argyle Street Historic District. Photo: Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
City health inspectors suspended the license of Nhà Hàng Vietnam, a long-running Argyle Street restaurant, on Oct. 14, after it failed two inspections in a row, Block Club Chicago reported.
The restaurant, at 1032 W. Argyle St., has been in the Asia on Argyle corridor since 2011. A sign on the door said the Department of Public Health had closed it. The first failed inspection, on Oct. 5, was in response to a complaint, city records cited by Block Club show. Inspectors reported several dozen rat and mice droppings in the kitchen and dining area, live roaches, flying insects on the walls and in a food container, and dirty doors, walls and floors.
The re-inspection on Oct. 14 did not go better. Officials found rat droppings and live roaches still there, and they also reported improperly stored rat bait in the kitchen and dining area, according to the same records. The city’s report told the restaurant to bring in a pest-control company and to clean and sanitize the affected areas.
Block Club could not reach the restaurant for comment and wrote that it remained closed as of Oct. 23. The restaurant has failed inspections before, the records show: it failed in March 2024 and passed a re-inspection a week later, then passed two later inspections “with conditions” in February 2025 and in March.
A license suspension is not the same as a permanent closing, and the city’s process leaves room to reopen once the violations are cleared. Until the Health Department says otherwise, the pho shop on Argyle stays dark.
