Pho Hoa IS good, for those of you who've never been. It is a chain, though, with stores all across California and the Pacific Northwest.

Also on Shattuck is High Tech Burrito, which is also a chain. See a pattern running in the Downtown district? High Tech offers your basic burrito (chicken, steak, etc) for around 5-6 bucks. For a little more, you can get special ones that involve seafood or mango chutney and exotic things like that. I had the steak burrito with a spinach tortilla, black beans and extra cilantro. Honestly, I wouldn't eat at this place if it wasn't a 30 second walk from my apartment. They don't serve chips with their burritos and the burritos themselves are super dry. Its hardly worth the money, especially in a 100 burrito town like Berkeley. Could there BE any more burrito places? Everyone has thier favorite, and mine is La Cascada on Center right by the Starbucks. Carol and I frequent that place MUCHO and thier chicken burrito is to DIE for, as is the tomatillo sauce they put in. They make everything fresh and have a nice selection of salsa as well. I've also tried the nachos (HUGE) and the tacos (BIG), both of which are delicious as well. The workers are very nice and like Carol, so I benifit by association. If you're on Center, try it out.