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Popcorn Girl
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nd visions of sugar plums danced in their heads; oops…I meant Popcorn, barrels full of gourmet popcorn. Popcorn Girl has over 52 flavors from Chocolate to Toffee Almond, Cotton Candy, Strawberry, Sour Cream, Mac & Cheese, Hot Wings and every other flavor you can imagine.
 
Laurie Sabol can be described as a sweet, lively and friendly young lady who is known as the Popcorn Girl. Laurie lights up the store with her energy and great smile as she greets everyone coming into the store.
 
Mark Smith is her business partner in this venture that they started last November. While Laurie is up front working and greeting the customers, Mark is busy in the back of the store quietly preparing all the delicious colorful popcorn and the aroma of fresh popped corn is heavenly.
Mark has it down to a science as he carefully mixes each special batch of his secret ingredients in his clean and immaculate kitchen. He cleans every utensil and pot as he goes along. Every lady would love to have a man like that in their kitchen. Mark can be found in the kitchen everyday, all day long, making the special gourmet popcorn. It also takes a lot of strength to mix and cool the popcorn as soon as it is poured onto the mixing table.
Customers are able to sample the popcorn and the candy fudge so they can decide what to buy for that day.
 
What I loved about Popcorn Girl is that upon ordering, the bags are filled from the freshly popped barrels which means that you will never buy old popcorn that has been packaged and sitting on the shelf for weeks. Lucille Biddle, who is Laurie’s mother, carefully fills each bag with love.
Also for sale are old fashioned candy, sodas, and taffy. Special tins, boxes and gift baskets can be special ordered for any occasion.
My precious moment picture of the day was when Kate, Rock and Jack Peterson were standing at the door looking in and were patiently waiting for their father Ryan to come and bring them into the store. I could see the excitement in their eyes as they looked at the store full of goodies. Jack said that he comes to Popcorn Girl every Saturday to buy popcorn for his family and they love it.
I have been to Popcorn Girl many times to buy my special treats and I will keep going back. Popcorn Girl is located at 8550 W. Charleston and is open 10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Monday–Thursday, 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Friday–Saturday. Closed Sunday. 702 258-2676 www.popcorngirlvegas.com
ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF AND © NIKKI ARTALE AND USED WITH PERMISSION.
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