I went to one Vietnamese restaurant all the time that was exactly like this. I ate there so often, one time when they were full they let me sit at the table with their son doing homework. I felt so honored.

Oh yeah, I know that place.

• constant stream of Asian students from the nearby university
• enormous menu, but somehow everything is made quickly
• additional staff are either family from the old country, or Latinos
• flyers in Mandarin (?) for things like churches, lawyers, and real estate agents.