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I am a perpetually hungry twenty-something journalist, born and raised in Menlo Park and currently working at the Palo Alto Weekly as education and youth staff writer. I graduated from USC with a major in Spanish and a minor in journalism. Though my first love is journalism, food is a close second. I am constantly on the lookout for new restaurants to try, building an ever-expanding "to eat" list. As a journalist, I'm always trolling news sources and social media websites with an eye for local food news, from restaurant openings and closings to emerging food trends. When I was a teenager growing up in Menlo Park, I always drove up to the city on weekends with the singular purpose of finding a better meal than I could at home. But in the past year or so, the Peninsula's food culture has been totally transformed, with many new restaurants opening and a continuous stream of San Francisco restaurants coming south to open Peninsula outposts. Don't navigate this food boom hungry and alone! Feed me your tips on new chefs and eats and together we'll share them with the broader community.
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Rocket Fizz to shutter in Palo Alto
Uploaded: Nov 9, 2017
Rocket Fizz, a quirky downtown Palo Alto candy store filled with items such as bacon cotton candy and buffalo wing-flavored soda, plans to close later this month.
The store will close on Nov. 22, unless it sells out beforehand, according to a sign posted in the store's windows at 250 University Ave.
"The end of our lease is here," the message reads. "A special thank you to all of our friends and regular customers. We had a lot of fun with you and loved being your candy store."
Rocket Fizz advertising its impending closure in Palo Alto. Photo by Elena Kadvany.
Rocket Fizz is a franchised chain that first started in Camarillo, California, in 2009. There are now dozens of locations across the country, including locally in Palo Alto and Mountain View.
The Palo Alto franchisees, husband and wife Chris Dunn and Lisa Pelgrim, wrote on
Facebook that they will be combining with another Rocket Fizz in Campbell, which they also own. They did not immediately return a request for comment.
The couple opened the Palo Alto location in 2012. The shop sells novelty candy, toys and other memorabilia.
In a 2015 interview, Palo Alto store manager Nichole Daviar said she had sampled nearly every candy that Rocket Fizz sells.
Rocket Fizz sells old and hard-to-find candies in addition to vintage-inspired tin lunch boxes which the store has suspended from its ceiling. Photo by Muna Sadek/Palo Alto Weekly.
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