Often described as a trailblazer, Phan originally opened The Slanted Door in SF’s Mission District in 1995. At the time, it was considered a pioneering restaurant in terms of Vietnamese fine dining.

A remarkable story Born in South Vietnam in 1962, Phan and his family fled the country after the U.S. withdrawal from the Vietnam War and fall of Saigon when he was 13 years old. They briefly ...

Charles Phan, the influential chef who opened San Francisco’s Slanted Door restaurant and popularized a new style of modern California-Vietnamese cuisine, died unexpectedly on Jan. 20. He was 62 years ...

San Francisco is mourning the loss of a legendary chef. Charles Phan of the Slanted Door died due to cardiac arrest, his family and Slanted Door Group announced Tuesday. He was 62. "It is with ...