I love Ballet. But if you’re looking for fancy pan-asian food, don’t go here. I describe it to friends as great blue collar food in a family-run restaurant with the funnest (and apparently sexiest) waitstaff in town.

This truly is a place where everyone knows your name. Dzung (waiter) is the king of memorizing customer names—he’s memorized all 7 of our names from the Co-op and even knows our most commonly ordered dish. Dzung’s sisters, Diem and Stephanie, are good at this, too. Mom and Dad work the kitchen. Long live the Ballet family.