Cocoa Dolce and Il Vicino to open at Bradley Fair on Monday

Aug. 25, 20091:49 p.m.

WICHITA — Monday is going to be a particularly tasty day at Bradley Fair.

Cocoa Dolce Artisan Chocolates and Il Vicino Wood Oven Pizza are opening their new locations next to each other there.

choc“We’re just excited — and exhausted,” says Beth Tully, the owner of Cocoa Dolce.

She’s moving the retail portion of her 4-year-old store from 1,200 square feet at Siena Plaza at 37th and Rock to 1,800 square feet at Bradley Fair at 21st and Rock.

Today is Tully’s last day in business at Siena Plaza. She reopens Monday at 10 a.m.

“We’re trying as hard as we can just to recreate in a larger scale what we had in Siena Plaza,” Tully says.

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Cocoa Dolce Artisan Chocolates to open at Bradley Fair

June 25, 200911:19 a.m.

tully4WICHITA — Bradley Fair has landed a sweet deal — literally.

Cocoa Dolce Artisan Chocolates is moving from Siena Plaza at 37th and Rock to Bradley Fair next to where Il Vicino is opening in August.

“Siena Plaza is a lovely little shopping center, but we’ve kind of outgrown it,” says Cocoa Dolce owner Beth Tully.

She’s moving the retail portion of her business into 1,800 square feet in early September. That compares to the 1,200 square feet Tully has now.

Last year, Tully moved the production side of her business to 3540 N. Comotara near House of Schwan.

Cocoa Dolce opened in November 2005.

“We’ve grown so quickly,” Tully says.

And she likes the potential for more business at Bradley Fair since the Laham Development center attracts a lot of foot traffic.

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Cottage Garden to close; owner will do floral arrangements from home

June 17, 20094:00 p.m.

flowersWICHITA – Cottage Garden Floral and Gifts at Siena Plaza at 37th and Rock is going out of business.

The store, which opened in late 2005, is struggling with the economy, says Aaron Hallacy, who owns the shop with his wife, Kay.

Hallacy says Kay is still going to do floral arrangements out of their home, which he says is her passion.

A liquidation sale starts this weekend and runs to the end of the month.

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Nut-things strikes an all-around nutty deal

May 1, 20095:04 p.m.

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Sweet Nut-things, a gift shop that Angie Hall and Shelley Riggins opened in September at Siena Plaza at 37th and Rock, now has an arrangement with the Wichita Wingnuts to sell peanuts and other treats at their games.

“We are providing all their nuts,” Hall says. She and Riggins will also sell caramel popcorn and what Hall calls other “game friendly items.”

She says the deal came about because a Wingnuts employee who gets her hair cut at Sola Salon, which is also at Sienna, learned about Nut-things and suggested an arrangement.

Hall says being at the ballpark will be great advertising for the store, “especially hitting the west side and south side of Wichita.”

There’s an exhibition game Tuesday and Hall and Riggins have to stuff 700 bags of nuts to be ready.

“Yeah,” Hall says. “What are you doing this weekend?”

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Pacific Coast Pizza will add color to Siena Plaza

April 1, 20095:27 p.m.

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Going to school on the East Coast inspired Wichita native Rusty Law to open a restaurant named for the ocean on the West Coast.

Law and his brother, Kevin, plan to open Pacific Coast Pizza at Siena Plaza by July 4.

The beach-themed concept will add some vibrant color to Siena’s Tuscan design at 37th and Rock.

Rusty Law moved to South Carolina 14 years ago.

“That’s where I stumbled upon the concept that I have here,” Law says. “We put our own little spin on it.”

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