Valley geeks now have a new spot to score action figures, toys, and other collectibles.
In late February, a trio of local collectors – Jason Mansfield, James Hiralez, and Tianne Pitz – opened Polar Bear’s Pop Culture Shop, a 1,200-square-foot store at 2240 North Scottsdale Road, #102.
Mansfield told
Phoenix New Times the shop grew out of selling toys and other items at local cons. “We ve been doing stuff around town for a long time now and people kept asking us, ‘Do you have a shop?’” he says. “So we finally got something going.”
Plus, they were running out of space to stow their stuff. “Both of our houses were all the way full, so that s another reason behind it,” says Hiralez.
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“The Italian Daughter is a restaurant concept that I believe my father would have been really excited to see,” Maggiore Meyer says in a press release of her late father, who died in January. “I want people to experience the joys of our authentic Italian cuisine in an atmosphere full of music and energy.”
On the menu: handmade pastas, charcuterie boards, Neapolitan pizzas, and desserts all lateral to the menu items at sibling restaurants Tomaso’s (literally; her brother Joey Maggiore is executive chef), The Sicilian Butcher, and The Sicilian Baker.
To drink at The Italian Daughter: Italian-inspired craft cocktails, wines and beers, and something fun called a gelato martini.