P.B. Loco

What’s not to love about a place that makes you feel like a kid again, they even have a saying «Even if the kid inside hasn’t grown up, your taste buds might have»

NO! Why did this place have to shut down :{
This place was wonderful. BANANA PEANUT BUTTER COME ON.
I’m surprised that it went under. I really hope they open up a new one but I’m not crossing my fingers.

To bad this place closed it was interesting yet yummy, big variety of Peanut Butters and Sandwiches, I was not a fan of all the flavors…

No!!! I am a newer Unilocaler and I was running through my «list of places to review» in my brain, P.B. Loco came to mind literally in sixth place. And then I come to the reviews only to find they are closed?!
My nephew and I went to P.B. Loco in what must have been 2005 — the year they opened. Fantastic little place. We went back infrequently (I am not a fan of Scottsdale) to the mall but always stopped in at P.B. Loco when we made it out that way.
I hope to find P.B. Loco in a new location in the future…
Your deliciousness will be missed!

I’m heart broken this place is closed! The website is even down. RIP PB LOCO. You’ll be missed by many PB fans.

What a novel idea… a peanut butter-​everything store. Gourmet peanut butter to buy, peanut butter based sandwiches, peanut butter smoothies, peanutt butter snacks… I think you get the point. This is a no brainer… if you love peanut butter you’re gonna love this place. If you can think of a way to eat peanut butter, they’ve probably got you covered.
We tried the s’mores peanut butter sandwich, which had chocolate PB, graham crackers, and marshmallows on a grilled panini-​type bread. The sandwhich was good, even though a bit rich… but I guess that what’s you get when you order a ‘s’mores’ sandwhich so I can’t complain. Next we got a PB smoothie… and it was just odd. It was frothy and tasted like celery. You know how when you were a kid and your Mom would trick you into eating celery by slathering some PB on it? Well… the first sip of this smoothie instantly was reminiscent of that taste. I don’t know what was going on… maybe they didn’t clean the blender good enough or something; but the celery flavored smoothie just isn’t something that did it for us; yuck.
There’s really not much else to say about this place… peanut butter ’till you can’t take it anymore; that’s about all. It’s in Scottsdale Fashion Square, so next time you’re wandering around amongst the rich Scotdelians; humble yourself and grab a peanut butter sandwhich just for fun; it’s not gonna blow your socks off, but it isn’t bad either. 3.25÷5.

My only visit, about 3 years ago, was lovely. The cinnamon raisin version of their creamy peanut butter was so amazing and the asian curry was unbelievably delicious.
I would have visited again today, but they may be closed — website is down and the phone number is disconnected. Hopefully I just have poor timing, otherwise it’s quite a sad loss.

I’ll be honest, I LOVE peanut butter. I try not to keep it in my house because I can eat it at any time of the day and not stop until the jar is empty. But I do not love P.B. Loco. I think it’s a great concept, they have a bunch of different, interesting flavors, but the end product is not that good to me. It is pretty runny and does not have the consistency that I enjoy. I really wanted to like this place, but sadly I didn’t.

Mama love peanut butter. Like I REALLY love peanut butter, it’s my favorite food. I could probably easily go through an entire jar with nothing but an appetite and a spoon.
I didn’t know this place existed until my boyfriend gave me two jars of their peanut butter. I was speechless and filled with joy (one of my profile pictures is my first bite of one of the jars). I got the dark chocolate and the banana/chocolate…they are both amazing.
On my next visit out to Scottsdale the PB Loco Café was a mandatory stop and I was pleasantly overwhelmed with all the options. I got to taste as many as the different types that I wanted (which sold me on the Asian Curry kind too), and enjoyed a sandwich called The Memphis. Sweet Jesus. Peanut butter, banana, honey, and bacon grilled to perfection? It was like one of my wishes had been granted. And not to be too obsessed with this place, another profile picture is of me taking my first bite of this delicious sandwich.
I now have at least two of their jars in my own pantry and try to visit the place at least a couple times a year while I’m out in Arizona.

Pricey peanut butter in the mall? I love peanut butter, and like many others I love the idea of having it in a retail food outlet like this, but it shouldn’t cost upwards of $ 6 for a peanut butter sandwich, animal crackers, and beverage. Just because bottled water and coffee retailers can revolutionize people’s price expectations doesn’t mean P.B. Locco can do it too.
I’ll continue to support them, but only after many free samples to overcome my bitterness at their dent in my wallet for a simple lunch.

I love PB Loco. At one time, there was a location in The Mall of America. Sad to say, that the MOA location has closed. I think you can order their PB online. I like the White Chocolate Raspberry best.

I used to eat here when I worked in the mall it is located inside.
I love peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, and I love the idea of this store. That being said, I could not tell the slightest bit difference between their «gourmet» peanut butter and the generic kind I get at Safeway. Maybe I’m just a philistine. Then, to compound the issue, the prices they charge for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich are laugh-​out-​loud hilarious. One of the beautiful things about peanut butter is how cheap it costs!
If their sandwiches were a lot cheaper, then I’d eat here. Or, if I could taste a gourmet difference so as to justify their gourmet prices, I would eat here. As it stands, this place is a no-​go for me.

It took my girlfriend nearly 9 months after hearing about my love for peanut butter to mention this place and take me here. how could she have forgotten? i could put peanut butter on anything and everything, even her toes and i’d lick it off. but you really aren’t reading this to hear about my kinkiness, so i’ll stick to writing about food.
we got the PB sampler which was probably the best idea, considering you can try 3 different kinds of PB with in, in generous amounts. it came on a plate loaded with pretzels, carrots, celery, and apples. delicious and healthy. we got the banana mocha, cookie dough, and raspberry white chocolate. all deliciously creamy almost to the point of orgasm. that’s how good.
will def be coming back to try one of their crazy sandwhich combos.

Gourmet peanut butter? Yes, please! Never seen anything like this… you can taste the different peanut butters just like you would in a gelato place, and EVERYthing has peanut butter! The grilled sandwiches are pretty good… even the savory sandwiches, which sound pretty gross if you just read the menu (yes, curry peanut butter and sun-​dried tomato peanut butter are quite delicious). And they give you ANIMAL CRACKERS! That was kind of exciting.
It loses a star for price though. Five bucks for a PBJ, are you kidding me? But I’ll probably be back all the same, if not only to buy some jars to bring back home for my friends!

This place rocks!!! I had super fun trying all the different kinds of peanut butter and I finally came to decision to order the YUMMER NUMMER!!! I loved it so much I brought home a jar of Raspberry White Chocolate. I think I made myself a YUMMER NUMMER everyday the week I got back from Arizona.
If you cannot make a trip to Arizona, you should definitely order from their website. I know I will.

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.

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.

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.

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 café 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

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.