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Volume 29 Issue 24 Goodyear, AZ
March 14, 2018
Business Briefcase ByConnorDziawura
IN THE BIZ
Hello, everyone. Thanks for returning for this week’s edition of Business Briefcase! This time, I have a lineup containing several great new eateries worth checking out. Wedding cakes? Got you covered! Sushi? You bet! A popular restaurant chain? That front is covered as well! But before ending this week’s roundup, I will leave you with a couple news items on different ends of the spectrum. Business presentations and a 200-plus resident community with a new executive director are the other kinds of things I can’t forget to cover. It’s a jam-packed week of discussions, so let’s get on with it, shall we? Here’s the news! First, Purple Elephant Cakes recently opened its doors. The Litchfield Park establishment, which specializes in custom cakes, celebrated its grand opening Tuesday, March 6. “Crafted with love” is Purple Elephant Cake’s motto, and the phrase is apt. Founder Jin Hee Sonu has well over a decade in experience crafting pastries. Though the establishment’s name boasts its “cakes,” the shop also creates French macaroons, cake pops, espresso and Italian gelato. This is just the latest incarnation of
a company previously based in several other spots on opposite ends of the nation. Sonu opened it in Upper East Side Manhattan in 2010. She moved to San Mateo, California, a few years later. The move to the West Valley came last year, though the new brickand-mortar location opened its doors earlier this month. Purple Elephant Cakes is located at 13331 W. Indian School Road, Suite 202, near the southwest corner of Indian School and Dysart roads. It is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, visit purpleelephantcakes.com. On a different end of the West Valley, Sushi & Poke House opened its doors earlier this year, celebrating its grand opening Monday, February 5. It is located at 14130 W. Indian School Suite A5, Goodyear. The restaurant offers nigri sushi, rolls and even boba drinks. So, swing by and try whatever your heart desires, whether it is yellowtail sushi, cucumber rolls, Arizona rolls or a variety of boba drinks. For a preview of the menu, you can see photos on the restaurant’s Facebook page. Goodyear’s Sushi & Poke house is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. (USPS 004-616) is published weekly
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Continuing the subject of “poke,” Ahipoke Bowl opened in Avondale late last year and business is booming! The Avondale location is just one of many locations that have opened across the Valley in the past year. The most recent, No. 9, came in North Scottsdale recently. I previously reported on the West Valley Ahipoke Bowl in August, though no launch date was set at the time. Now that its doors have been opened for a couple months and the business has settled into the community, you can stop by and choose an array of bowl sizes, rice, meats, sauces and toppings. Ahipoke Bowl Avondale is located at 10321 W. McDowell Road, about halfway between North 107th and North 99th avenues, north of I-10. Also, La Loma Village recently named Kari Curry as its new executive director. The former executive director, Susan Davis, will retire this summer. “It’s such a pleasure to work in a community that is full of active, vibrant residents who live independently, as well as those who need more care,” Curry said. “La Loma Village has it all.” Curry’s experience is lengthy. La Loma Village’s director of Life
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