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.

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 ...

Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator for bringing Vietnamese food to fine dining at his Slanted Door restaurant, has died. The restaurant announced his death from cardiac ...

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 ...