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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.
