# Salt & Straw Scoops Up third phoenix Location at Uptown Plaza
Salt & Straw leveled up to a triple scoop on Friday, as its third Valley location opened its doors. The Oregon-based company joined the shops and restaurants at Uptown Plaza on Camelback Road and Central Avenue.
Salt & Straw is famous for its creative and unusual flavors such as strawberry honey balsamic with black pepper and arbequina olive oil. Cousins Tyler and Kim Malek co-founded the company in 2011. Since then, they have expanded to open dozens of stores around the nation.
Tyler said he and Kim initially only dreamed of opening one store.
“We started as a push cart and we were like, one day, we’re gonna have a brick and mortar,” he recalled.
The Uptown Salt and Straw location is the duo’s 50th shop.
