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After 3 months in downtown Phoenix, The Pairing Room has closed

The restaurant took over the former home of The Larder + The Delta. But it didn't last long.
The Pairing Room, which opened in downtown Phoenix on Portland Street in April, has closed.
The Pairing Room, which opened in downtown Phoenix on Portland Street in April, has closed. Sara Crocker
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The Pairing Room, the restaurant and bar that succeeded The Larder + The Delta in the downtown Phoenix space on Portland Street, has closed after three months in business.

“Thank you to everyone for your support but for now The Pairing Room will remain permanently closed,” read a post made on Thursday on the restaurant’s Instagram page.

Doajo and Roxanne Hicks opened the restaurant on April 20, serving a New American menu and highlighting sips from other connected projects, Throne Brewing Co. and Wilcox's Coronado Vineyards.

click to enlarge Food and wine from The Pairing Room.
The Pairing Room highlighted sips from its owners' other projects, including Wilcox's Coronado Vineyards.
Sara Crocker
After one month in business, The Pairing Room announced a temporary closure. It reopened on Juneteenth with a revamped menu that included charcuterie boards, steamed mussels, Eggplant Canaloni Parmigiana and more.

Now, a month following that update, the restaurant has shuttered for good.

The Pairing Room took over the location previously home to chef Stephen Jones’ award-winning modern Southern restaurant The Larder + The Delta. The restaurant closed in October after five years, noting it could not come to new terms on a lease with its landlord. Jones has since agreed to take over Binkley’s Restaurant and will reopen his restaurant as a fine dining tasting menu concept in September.

For the restaurant space on Portland Street, it's unclear what the future will hold.

The Pairing Room

200 W. Portland St., #101

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