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Day: January 17, 2011

Yelp of the day

Matt B. on Sweet Republic in Scottsdale: It was close to having homemade coconut ice cream from a Thai restaurant. One notch below. Sweet Republic [Yelp]

Pop the Soda Shop, The Duce part ways

Less than a month after closing its longtime south Scottsdale retail shop and moving into The Duce in downtown Phoenix, Pop the Soda Shop is homeless again. Pop owner Jeff Guarino hopes to have a new outlet soon. In the

Siracha closes (again) in Chandler

Troubled Siracha Lounge, which tried to combine Pan-Asian street food with a trendy nightclub vibe in downtown Chandler, has closed for the second time in 14 months. Siracha launched in November 2009, but closed just four months later after losing

PastaBar closes in downtown Phoenix

Five months after chef Wade Moises bailed, PastaBar has closed in downtown Phoenix. Moises, who had left Sassi, and sous chef Nick Gentry launched PastaBar in February 2009. Moises left last July to head Adobe Restaurant. Closed for business: PastaBar [New