Charles Phan, who in 1995 opened The Slanted Door in San Francisco's Mission District, passed away at age 62. Phan didn't intend to open a restaurant. He went to architecture school. Yet he became one ...

Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator for bringing Vietnamese food to fine dining at his Slanted Door restaurant, has died at age 62.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The community is remembering legendary San Francisco Chef Charles Phan of Slanted Door. The 62-year-old chef died over the weekend after having a heart attack.

Charles Phan rolled up in his big truck to a Santa Cruz farm around 2004, pulled out tables and set up a propane stove. He fired up his signature wok, threw in some beef and broccolini, and started ...

Photo by AP 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 ...

Charles Phan in 2010 at Slanted Door, the San Francisco restaurant he opened in 1995. By 2014, it was California’s No. 1-grossing independently owned restaurant, with $16.5 million in annual ...

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 ...

Jan. 21—Award-winning San Francisco chef Charles Phan, a trailblazer whose modern interpretations of Vietnamese cuisine at the Slanted Door captivated the Bay Area and influenced restaurants ...

Charles Phan, the San Francisco chef credited as an innovator for bringing Vietnamese food to fine dining at his Slanted Door restaurant, has died. Phan was 62. The James Beard Award-winning ...