Closed for Business: Siracha Lounge

It's deja vu at downtown Chandler's Siracha Lounge, which has closed its doors for the second time in its brief existence. Last spring, it was shut down just a few months after opening, when its liquor license was yanked after a few underaged partygoers at an ASU fraternity event there failed breathalyzer tests. The license was...

By Michele Laudig

January 19, 2011

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It's deja vu at downtown Chandler's Siracha Lounge, which has closed its doors for the second time in its brief existence.

Last spring, it was shut down just a few months after opening, when its liquor license was yanked after a few underaged partygoers at an ASU fraternity event there failed breathalyzer tests.

The license was reinstated after chef-owner Virakon Vongphachanh paid a fine. Siracha then reopened in May.

But the pan-Asian restaurant has gone dark, once again. According to Mouth By Southwest, the doors have been padlocked.

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