Popcorn Monkey — Local services in Manassas

This was my second time visiting this store with my daughter (Tuesday, March 17th). Cute little store with throwback candies and other novelties. My daughter loves going in here to browse as some of the candy and other items she has never seen before. The couple that owns the store is very nice and professional. They make all of their popcorn as well as the fudge. My daughter and I got a small slice of the peanut butter/chocolate fudge and smore's. It was extremely tasty. I will say though that that the owners are very professional as while my daughter and I were there a lady with her four children were in the store. One of the ladies children had placed his mouth all over the outside wrapping and the stick of a lollipop. The lady (one of the owners) who was working very politely informed the mother that she would need to purchase the lollipop due to the fact that her child had his mouth on it and as we as a community are dealing with the virus pandemic. The mother bluntly and very rudely refused to pay for it and then marched her children out of the store. Unfortunately this is a loss for the store as the lollipop had to be thrown away. I was in total shock as to the way this mother acted towards the owner. The right thing would have been to pay for the lollipop and apologize as this is your child. As a parent you are responsible for their actions while out and about. The owner handled the situation very well, respectfully, and professionally. Will definitely be making a stop again now that the weather is becoming nicer out. Keep up the great...

Service: 2 stars Food: 2 stars Ambiance: 4 stars Cleanliness: 4 stars

We drive by Popcorn Monkey about 3x per week and never had the opportunity to check it out... Until today.

The store is small, something you'd expect from an Old Town shop. Smelled of delicious sugar & spice as you walked it. They offered a variety of nostalgic treats and flavored popcorn ranging in sizes from small bag to large tin.

The person working the store welcomed us. She wasn't overly friendly, but not rude either. (Yet)

As we walked through the little shop, I was so impressed with the selection of glass bottle sodas they had (and one in particular). I was curious about the flavor so I asked the person working there about it. Her response? "I don't know, I don't drink soda." Ugh.. damn. This is a sweets shoppe... Lie to me! Sell your product!

Anyway, we decided to try two of their popcorn flavors: Cheddar and Jalapeno. The popcorn was -- OK. Nothing to brag about.

Fun store to check out once.... Not planning...

The store itself is cute. I liked all the old candy, the old game of jacks, and other stuff for sale in the store. This review is for the actual popcorn, which we didn't like very much. I ordered a movie butter, kettle, and cornfetti for my daughter's birthday party this last weekend. The flavors are not what we are uses to. The kettle tasted like caramel and everyone kept asking for refills on the "Carmel" popcorn-like this one was probly the better one of the three, except every now and then you get these buttery pieces that just messes up the taste. The movie butter is not a good tasting butter. The cornfetti flavor isn't any better. I suggest tasting the popcorn before you purchase the larger bags. Everyone has different taste buds, unfortunately for mine, the people at the party, and my families tastebuds this popcorn wasn't good. The pictures are what is left of the popcorn- lots of It! At 50dollars,...