user: This place sucks balls. I can't believe it is still open. I went here one day while I was installing a alarm system in a house around the area. Took them 45 min to bring out 2 slices of pizza by that point i was going to walk out the door.   blandest pizza i have ever tasted. i don't know how this place is still open. never again. horrible service, horrible food.
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I've heard a lot about Sweet Republic but living in Ahwatukee, I haven't made it up there so I was so happy to see a Sweet Republic ice cream bus at Phoenix Friday Nights. My husband and I hurried over to get a couple of cones. They had probably five different flavors on the menu and I was flabbergasted to see salted caramel flavor which is my favorite of all time. Normally I just have to make it myself since I haven't had a good one outside of San Diego (Haagen Daaz is pretty good too for not having to make it yourself).   My husband and I both sampled the bacon (bacon bits in a sweet cream base) and I tried the salted caramel (caramel swirls and sea salt in a vanilla base) and my husband also tried the malt ball. I ended up getting the salted caramel and my husband went with the malt ball and we both wished we would have gone with the bacon. Both of our flavors after a few bites tasted very ordinary. My sample had a nice salty taste but my entire scoop tasted only of vanilla. (When I make my caramel ice cream I take all the sugar in the recipe and caramelize it until it's a dark golden color. It gives the ice cream a great flavor and color.) My husband's scoop had nice big chunks of malt balls in it and the vanilla ice cream was fine but with all this anticipation, we really expected something more. The bacon only came in a sweet cream base which I normally don't care for (because for the most part it tastes like nothing - kind of what it's meant to do), but at least that flavor had a personality.   I looked on-line at their website and the next time I'm in north Scottsdale I'll stop by because their sorbets and frozen yogurts (mango lassi! I've already looked up a recipe) look really good. This visit left me disappointed but still curious about their other flavors.
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Vegas is Sun City! Surrounding the City is vast preserved open spaces for people to enjoy outdoor recreation in the sun. Desert Wetlands Park is 2,900 acres of that open space east of the City.     Wetlands Park celebrates the Las Vegas Wash. I regard Wetlands Park as linear shorelines along the Las Vegas Wash from its origin near the water treatment plants east to its destinations at Lake Mead via Lake Las Vegas.    Civil Engineers have done the inevitable. They have beat the illusionists headliners on the Strip by performing the feat of transforming treated sewage into a magnificent river of water that passes through a green ribbon of wetlands in the East Clark County desert.    A major reason for the conception of Wetlands Park was to control the waste water and storm runoff from the City toward Lake Mead. When hikers explore Wetlands Park they take in man-made dams, weirs, and ponds that slow down the speed of water. A secondary reason of Wetlands Park is for people to enjoy miles of hiking in the open spaces under the Las Vegas sun. I am one of those people.    From this point forward this review focuses on my adventures hiking the undeveloped vast east section of Wetlands Park from the Lake Las Vegas Village parking garage to the wetland spillway off Pabco and Telephone Line Roads. In the future I intend to review Wetlands Park Nature Preserve which is located adjacent to the Visitor Center off of Tropicana and Wetalnds Park Lane.    People have asked, "How do I get from Lake Las Vegas to Wetlands Park?" Lake Las Vegas does not make it easy. What I do is walk through Lake Las Vegas Village, and follow the walkway overlooking the lake toward Lake Las Vegas Parkway. Please keep in mind that this is the same water of the Las Vegas Wash that the hike follows. When I get to Lake Las Vegas Parkway, I turn left and walk uphill. At the first road to the right, before the stop sign, I turn right. Without a cross walk, I run across Lake Las Vegas Parkway. I am now on Via Antincendio for a short distance. The administrative building is on my right. In a short distance, I pass Lake Las Vegas Fire House. This is where the Wetlands Park begins.    The hike starts off ordinary. It follows a dirt road (the maps show it as Pabco Road) through ordinary scenery. The perpendicular powerlines dominate the landscape with the wires buzzing high above.    Beyond the powerlines is a hiking hub. A left turn on the paved Wetlands Connector Trail reaches the River Mountains Loop Trail. A right turn connects to a bridge over the Las Vegas Wash. This is the origin of the hike destined for the Wetlands Park Nature Preserve adjacent to the Visitor Center.    On this bridge, I have spent several minutes in solitude watching the water rush toward Lake Las Vegas. My most 5 star moments here have been in sundown turning to dark watching the sun reflect against the mountains and the rapids below. My solitude spot is no longer a secret. Henderson is now opening Terrazzo Park in the shadow of this bridge.     When I do this hike, beyond the hub I hike west where the Wash is on my right. From my experience I recommend to make a right turn every chance possible. My major tip is to always Keep Right. These are the alternate trails that hug the Las Vegas Wash. If you enjoy watching ducks, these are the trails to hike on. Eventually the trails meet up with Pabco Road.   Progressing further west on the trail, Calico Mountain is to the left. This is a hike of its own that I plan to partake in.    When I continue along Pabco Road I see new park development. As I write this, a new facility is under construction in the shadow of Calico Mountain.     It is in this vicinity that a right turn treats hikers to some of the nicest scenery in the Vegas Valley. I call this the wooded south bank scenery. This narrow trail through wetlands passes through scenery that resembles nothing of the desert. This is scenery that is more familiar to a hike along a New England woodland. Once the hiker sets foot in this section they have escaped the Mojave Desert for a few minutes. Up above canopies of numerous types of trees tower above. Leaves carpet the ground. Down below the rushing waters look more like an African River than treated waste water. A few feet further, the Wash looks like a bayou. The walk in the woods lifts up the hikers spirits with green spaces that look like farm land. Above various birds fly and below various water fowl float on the water. When I hike in these woods, I loose perception that I am looking at treated sewage water.   Near the end of the wooded section, there are scenic vistas of Frenchman Mountain and Rainbow Gardens towering over the Las Vegas Wash. The hike rejoins Pabco Road and in a mile it ends at the wetlands spillway off Pabco Road (reaching 5,001 word limit).  Daniel. S. Yelp 100 Challenge Review 71.
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Never again! I thought id give this place a try and I regret it. I eat often at jacky chans but I wanted to try fried rice since that is hard to mess up. I also purchased wonton soup for my husband since he had a sore throat. The soup was not good and the portion I got for the price I paid was not worth it. The rice was too stale. Won't be back!
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