P.B. Loco

 

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John V.

Phoenix, AZ

First off let me just say a restaurant which only serves pb&j sandwiches is a concept doomed to failure from the start. I think their target audience is pregnant women and kids. I had the chunky peanut butter with raspberry jam and chocolate chips toasted. It was a good sandwich, but good pb&j sandwiches do not justify spending 8 bucks. I could have taken that 8 bucks, bought some bread, pb, and j, and made my own damn sandwich, just how I like it. I would have tried the PB&J BLT but I'm neither pregnant (im a guy) or adventurous enough (its weird.) The sandwich itself was awesome, like I said.... but I'll finish with saying EIGHT FRIGGIN dollars.

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Elite '08

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Michael C.

Scottsdale, AZ

Peanut Butter and Jelly is such a comfort food for me - I grew up on these things. Though I gotta say P.B. Loco's are likely a little better than what Jif and white bread used to make.

I found this place by accident just wandering around Fashion Square mall, and what a find! They have several breads, peanut butters, and jellys to choose from, and a dozen wacky creations of their own. For example a BLT-PB - Wow! However they should add mac-n-cheese to the menu.

http://www.pbloco.com

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Josh C.

Chandler, AZ

OK. First...I frickin love peanut butter. Not just because its a tasty treat. Not because the taste stays with you for at least 15 minutes as you lick it off the roof of your mouth. No, I don't even love it because of its special places in American history (George Washington Carver, Jimmy Carter, anyone?)

I love the old PB for one simple reason: It was damned-near my only source of protein for 18 months of my life. Peace Corps taught me that sometimes meat is hard to get, the chickens aren't always laying, and beans aren't always in season. So what was a man to do? Well, after I was tired of chicken feet and beef tripe, I rediscovered peanut butter. It's calorie rich. It travels pretty well. And praise the lord, you don't have to refrigerate it!!!

Pretty soon, I was throwing PB in my rice, and I'll be damned if it wasn't the best ghetto Thai food I've ever tasted. And when I moved to a bigger town, and bought a second-hand fridge, I kept up my peanut butter habit. That habit has stayed with me to this day. While I don't eat rice quite so often anymore, I still like a big glob of PB in my oatmeal.

That being said, PB Loco was to me like an Italian cobbler's shop to a Scottsdale fashionista: so many opportunities for exquisiteness. My GF and I did the sampler and I indulged in three fantastic ways to dress up the old crema de mani. The sandwiches looked so-so, but the sampler was a pretty good way to experience the new wonderfulness. And I even walked away with two jars.

Oh, and the staff was courteous if disinterested. The design was OK; seems more aimed at kiddo's than adults. I'm going to go back for the savory flavors; I think there is some great cooking possibilities in the curry and sun-dried tomato varieties.

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Elite '08

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virginia g.

San Diego, CA

after reading the other reviews on yelp, my friend and i made it a point to go out here while we were in town.  i really wasn't that impressed.  it's a little shop in a big mall, on the top level.  kind of out of the way.

i got to try the raspberry white chocolate peanut butter.  eh.  only had one tiny taste, as they pretty much handed it to me when we went in there.
white chocolate peanut butter, tasted mostly like a sweeter peanut butter.  couldn't taste any form of chocolate.
the mocha peanut butter was not good at all.  there was too much of a fake coffee taste that over powered the whole thing.
the caramel crunch was great with apples.  got too sweet after a while, the chunks were too many in the volume of peanut butter.

we got the sampler.  which is why we had three peanut butters.  they have a plate of celery (which was really fresh and clean), carrots (which we asked to omit), pretzels, and green apples (so tasty).  

their sandwiches looked interesting, but i am just a plain old peanut butter on white bread kind of girl.

it was a nice little break, and it is a great concept of a snack shop.  i am just fickle about my peanut butter i guess.

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Ann Marie K.

Scottsdale, AZ

I can't believe I had to add this business! I love this place it is so fun, and reminds me of when I was little and pb&j was 75% of what I ate!

PB Loco is a fun little cafe dedicated completely to peanut butter! My favorite thing about PB loco is their different flavors like white chocolate raspberry peanut butter. I don't even really like peanut butter, but that flavor made me change my mind. PB loco offers peanut butter in any way you like to eat it. I had a light snack of celery with the white chocolate raspberry peanut butter, while my friend had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with marshmallow fluff and bananas and a peanut butter shake. This is an awesome place to bring kids or bring out the inner child in you. If you are ever walking by, even if you are not hungry, stop by and take a sample of their many flavored peanut butters. If you really like one you can even take home a jar!

Crazy Peanut Butters:
Dark Chocolate Duo
Sumatra Cinnamon Raisin
Jungle Banana
and many more

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Allison M.

Phoenix, AZ

Despite my initial hesitation at trying one of their sandwiches (they have one that is made withSun-Dried Tomato peanut butter, bacon bits, lettuce AND cream cheese) I caved and checked it out.  

It's a cute little place.  They give you animal crackers with every sandwich and the first drink they list on the menu is milk.  Awww.  It just fits right in with all the little kid stores in that area of the mall.  Makes me almost forget the image of peanut butter and bacon bits.

I did find a sandwich that I could get behind though, the LATTE DA.  It's made with European Caf Mocha peanut butter, pretzels twists and marshmallow spread.  Delicious.  My sister says that it shouldn't count as a meal, that it's more of a dessert, what with the marshmallow and all.  Whatever.  I'm an adult and I'm eating marshmallows and peanut butter for lunch if I want to.  So there.

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w w.

Scottsdale, AZ

Oh boy.  I was terrified of this place.  Curry peanut butter?? Sun dried tomato peanut butter?? Sick!  But once I went, I shockingly realized that somehow, it wasn't thaaat bad.

While this is without a doubt, a place that little kids will LOVE to come to and one that adults will grudgingly take them to, if you have to eat here and you're over 12, I recommend getting the veggie sandwich.  It was the least scary lunch option on the menu that wasn't going to taste like a dessert.  It had sun dried tomato peanut butter, lettuce, cucumbers and cheese.  And it wasn't half bad.  But it wasn't half good either.  Let's just say I was surprised that it wasn't disgusting, but I wouldn't go back again unless I had to take another little kid I was babysitting.

The child in question, a little girl by the name of Natalie, is my friend's daughter and she talked me into going here.  She couldn't say more about the place- she loves it!  And for lunch, she had some white chocolate peanut butter, banana, nutella and caramel concoction that made me sick just looking at it.

But if you want to bring your little one somewhere different and fun that they will love you for, come here.  This would be a cute spot to have a little birthday lunch for your kids with a couple pals that wouldn't cost much at all.

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