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5. Bring in an expert. Plan quarterly lunch & learns and bring in an expert to speak on various topics within your industry. For example, a workshop on how to use LinkedIn for networking or how to build confidence when presenting. 6.Emphasize team building. At Cox, we foster teamwork through activities outside the office, such as taking a group of employees to volunteer in the community for an after noon. You might see our blue “Cox volunteers” shirts at the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona or cleaning up a Tucson city park.
Lisa Lovallo is the Southern Arizona market vice president for Cox Com munications, leading a team of 260+ Southern Arizona Cox employees, who contribute more than $692 million in total economic impact in Southern Ari zona each year. Prior to joining the Cox Southern Arizona team, Lovallo ran a family business based in Tucson and is a graduate of the University of Arizona. Reach her at lisa.lovallo@cox.com.
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Magdalena Verdugo has achieved much. Most recently the YWCA of Southern Arizona chief executive officer was named Hispanic Business woman of the Year by the Tucson Hispanic Chamber. Verdugo began working for YWCA-Main Cam pus on Bonita as CEO in January 2020, just before the pandemic. The YWCA has a second facility in South Tucson known as the House of Neighborly ServiceHowever,(HNS).even with the pandemic, business picked up for the YWCA by the end of 2021. “We grew significantly,” Verdugo said. “We went from seven staff members to 22 staff members by 2022.”Successes came in other ways, too. She also said as a result of the women’s busi ness center, they partnered with the city of Tucson. It administered $9 million in grants in Somos Uno as part of the CARES act, now called ARPA, she said.“We were the passthrough, per se, for the city of Tucson, in getting grants or resources into the hands of small busi nesses,” she said.
7. Offer a change in scenery. Sometimes, the greatest ideas are sparked when working at a coffee shop, or even on the couch! Many companies have seen benefits from allowing greater freedom around where employees can work from. 8. Break routines. Help your employees recharge by encouraging them to learn something new in their field or shadow another employee with a different job. 9. Support creative risk-tak ing. Sometimes employees hinder their creativity out of fear of not having their ideas supported. Create a safe environment for ideas and feedback. Cox practices this by fostering a culture that puts our people first and welcoming feedback through surveys and during leader meetings.
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2. Host team brainstorms. Ahead of each new month, get together with your team to share thoughts on a business challenge or project and remember, no idea is a bad idea during a brainstorm, so make sure all involved know this is a safe space for the flow of ideas. In addition, during these meetings you can discuss what they’ve achieved last month, as well as what’s coming up next. Sharing work “wins” and goals as a group helps provide inspira tion for others.
The YWCA was one of three organizations initial ly selected to do this work. Community Foundation for Non-Profit, and the Women’s Foundations for the State of Arizona for Working Families were the other two. The YWCA was appointed to work in the small business venue.
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3. Encourage passion projects. When workloads get heavy, the first thing to get pushed to the backburn er is time for reflection and creativity. Consider setting aside an hour every Friday for employees to exclusively work on a fun passion project.
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Creativity and innovation are critical for small business growth. It’s important to reg ularly incorporate fresh ideas to propel your business for ward and remain competitive in your market. Cox BLUE shares helpful articles for startups and small businesses to stay up to date on indus try trends and provides new ideas for running a successful business. 1. Create a environment.team-based It’s difficult to bounce ideas off each other when everyone is siloed in their offices with no time for collaboration or socialization. Consider creating a “water cooler” group on Teams or Slack for everyone to share their thoughts, even when working remote.
10. Create a monthly contest. To encourage outof-the-box thinking, host a monthly contest where em ployees can submit their ideas and vote on their favorites. The more you encourage and support creative thinking at your company, the more it becomes an essential part of your company culture.
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4. Spark inspiration in the office. Allowing employees to spruce up their space with plants, photos and person alized décor will help create an inspiring workspace that encourages originality. It also gives a fun glimpse into their personality and hobbies.
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Smith successfully completed the rigorous requirements that include course work and a series of examinations covering financial planning, risk management, investments, tax planning and management, retire ment and employee benefits, and estate Individualsplanning. with the CFP certification agree to meet ongoing continuing education re quirements and uphold the code of ethics and standards of professional conduct de veloped by the Certified Financial Planning Board of Standards Inc. Smith graduated from the UA with a degree in economics. He has 11 years of experience in the financial services industry.
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Leah Friedenberg was appointed to the Gabriel’s Angels board. Gabriel’s Angels is an Arizona nonprofit organization committed to improving the lives of at-risk children through pet therapy. Friedenberg is a 21-year employee of Pima Federal Credit Union, serving as senior vice president of organizational development. She works to influence operational efficien cies, talent development, and organiza tional effectiveness. Friedenberg is also committed to community involvement. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from Western Governors University, completed Western CUNA Man agement School, and is a Louisiana State University Shreveport MBA candidate. She enjoys spending time outdoors in Tuc son with her husband, teenaged twins, and fur babies Gromit and Sammy. “I’m passionate about serving on the Gabriel’s Angels board because I strongly believe in the value pet therapy programs bring across state and most importantly to my community in Southern Arizona,” she “Isaid.love seeing firsthand how children light up and engage with pet therapy dogs. Our family has personally benefitted from our pets’ loving and healing nature, and it means so much to pay that forward to kiddos in need in our community.”
Owen, Todd Rinner, John Robertson, Lowell Thomas, Roxanne Veliz and Jeff Willis were also selected for inclusion in their respective practice areas. Attorneys Courtney Henson, Gabrielle Morlock, Lindsay Pearson and Jill Perrella were selected for inclusion in the Ones to Watch edition.
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Pablo Varela was named Corvias’ senior vice president of renewable energy and utili ties management. The Vail resident will lead the project development of renewable ener gy opportunities and utilities management within Corvias’ U.S. Army portfolio. Corvias will continue to support the Department of Defense (DOD) in meeting its carbon pollu tion-free energy targets by 2030. Throughout his career, Varela has devel oped and managed technology-focused programs for government and real estate portfolios. Most notably known for his high-performance in renewable energy and utilities management, Varela received several accolades from the Department of Energy Better Building initiative and the U.S. Air “AsForce.someone who was once an active-duty service member, I believe in our calling to provide the best service possible to our more than 22,000 military residents,” Varela said. “I also look forward to aiding the DOD’s critical mission to achieve energy resilience and growing Corvias’ renewable energy opportunities.” Varela earned a bachelor’s in computer science from Hawaii Pacific University, a master’s in engineering, systems innovation and management from ASU and attended Harvard University for a Sustainability Lead ership executive leadership program.
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INSIDE TUCSON BUSINESS.COMSEPTEMBER 9, 20224 the past two years.” Verdugo said the experi ence she gained gave YWCA the leverage to step in and directly administer federal dollars.“Recently, we adminis tered the state CDBG-CV, (Community Development Block Grant-Coronavi rus),” she said. “In addi tion, we were able to lever age more resources through the city ARPA funding to continue our work with small“Whenbusinesses.Istepped in (as CEO for YWCA) on Jan. 2, (2020), I had dedicated the first three months to what I call the ‘road trip’ and going out there in the com munity and listening,” she said about the first three months.“Itwas the listening tour, just to learn from the board, the community and the staff. I wanted to go out and connect with the community, I had one on one discussions with staff, to get a pulse on what is going on in the organiza tion, on what was their (the staff’s) vision, as well as, with board members and select community members, who knew the YWCA before I was there and then while I was there, who I would sit down with. I was in the middle of my listening tour when we were shut down because of the coronavi rus.”The organization had to pivot quickly. Servic ing about 4,000 women a year, the YWCA became information gatherers and distributors.Verdugosaid larger businesses and corpora tions were no different. Unfortunately, Tucson’s smaller businesses were at a disadvantage.“Thesesmall businesses were created to create jobs for the family,” Verdugo said.“Small businesses, such as Mexican restaurants and small Chinese restaurants didn’t have that capacity to do that (update their websites or create websites). For the small family busi nesses, the cottage busi nesses, they did not have the tools or the resources to getShethere.”said the YWCA was headed there to help the small businesses get the tools and resources they needed to survive the pan demic, but they were too slow, she said. “It happened quickly. They realized they didn’t have the tools that the larg er businesses did,” Verdugo said.“Small businesses were not prepared for this. The big corporate businesses already had the technol ogy to deal with this, like to take online orders, to change their marketing and websites.”Shesaid for the small businesses, the pandemic just went too fast. Small businesses were not pre pared, “so we focused our efforts in building their websites for them to take online orders and set up the paying mechanisms, so they could take payments online, but we weren’t fast enough.“Alot of our wom en-owned businesses are service businesses. They are our hair stylist, our nail technicians, they’re like our personal spa servic es, and they couldn’t do it anymore, because of the epidemic.”Nowshe said some of those businesses are reo pening and it is important what the YWCA learned. “These resources we made available didn’t de ploy to them until June and July 2020,” she said. “We went into this technology world, and our small busi nesses couldn’t get there as fast as the more advanced, larger companies, who pivoted earlier, and just changed their websites and marketing.”Shesaidit is most im portant to acknowledge what the pandemic did.
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“On Sept. 9 last year and Sept. 9 this year, which coincides with the launched anniversary of the declaration we got in the Tucson 2030 district,” she said. “It talks about Tucson 2030 district as part of their geographic district, including Bonita Drive YWCA and HSN. It (Tucson 2030 districts) is about educating and tap ping into resources, and about pulling a network together to do this work.” She knows she is biased. “For me, my climate jus tice world has to be led and done by women,” Verdugo said. “As women we see the importance of it. Our hope is at the YWCA, to work in collaboration with the Tucson 2030 district.” She said it is really about reducing the percentage of emissions and our carbon footprint on the world. “I am looking forward to these opportunities to share our stories,” she said. “And to also share our work. So, I am very grateful for the platform.” Verdugo explained how privileged she feels about her position as CEO at the YWCA.“Tobe able to relay what that platform is going to be,” Verdugo said, “whether for myself or other wom en, it is time to share our stories. Sometimes we are not in a place where we are empowered to be able to share. That’s what I want to be. I want to be that for women and to be able to share my voice.” ITB
In an Aug. 26 story in Inside Tucson Business about the Tucson Modern Quilt Guild, it should have said it meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the Tucson Pastel Society Building, 2447 N. Los Altos, Tucson.
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“The survivors grant is a small grant to support sur vivors of domestic violence to help them address their needs, like moving and rent…a kind of emergency support,” she said. “One thing we want to learn is how many busi nesses we helped, for each grant, what ZIP codes.” Also, she said, the YWCA wants to know how many businesses survived the pandemic, how many employees or jobs were retained.“Areyou back? Did you bring the employees back? To tell their stories,” Ver dugo said. “It’s part of our annual report for 2020 andVerdugo2021.” has more ideas for the YWCA. “The climate justice piece of it,” she said. “Mayor Romero on Sept. 9 (2020), issued an emer gency climate declaration. We (YWCA) issued a pub lication in 2021 written by Karen Peterson… it is one of the things we saw, as well as how our community is being impacted (by the pandemic).“So,weissued a publi cation in 2021 where we talked about the work we have done in environ mental justice and how we are being impacted by the climate change. “So here, at the YWCA, we talk about what we are about…eliminating rac ism, empowering women and doing justice…for me it was very personal, my focus,” Verdugo said. “I am a daughter of migrant farm workers,” she said. She is aware of issues of agriculture, conserva tion of water and use of water and the lack of green spaces in local communi ties. “When we looked at the way we pivoted through the CDBG, at what ZIP codes are impacted, (that’s when we noticed) predom inantly impacted busi nesses that didn’t get the resources that they needed, as well as our dry deserts,” Verdugo added. She said they focused on five ZIP codes. “It’s not surprising South Tucson is one of those ZIP codes. And we have a facility there (HNS),” Verdugo said. “We took it upon ourselves and two years later, we continue on this climate justice. We literally trans formed HNS, we have a little park next to the HNS owned by the YWCA but we share it with the com munity.”Shesaid they keep it environmental sustainable and safe. Environmental justice, reduces emissions and keeps up on water conservation, she ex plained.“It’snot urgent yet, but it is mildly urgent. We have to see how to get our resources to our commu nities and with limited resources, because the stuff we are doing isn’t cheap,” sheTheexplained.YWCAtook its small businesses into the Greens Champion Pro gram, which is through Local First Arizona. “It showed them how they can do small steps,” she said. “They are paying the mortgage or rent and paying the utilities, but by doing these little things, they will lower their energy cost.”Tohelp with the edu cation on climate change impacts, the YWCA puts out a YClimate Action publication.“Wewerepiggy-back
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 5INSIDE TUCSON BUSINESS.COM entrepreneurship training program. We relaunched our programming to meet the needs of the busi ness. So, we separated the new businesses from the existing business and by separating them, the information we share with them (the particular small business) is going to look different.”Shesaid the YWCA not only learned from the small businesses, but they also learned from its clients.“Aswomen, we carried a lot during the pandem ic. Learning and quickly pivoting, to teach them how to manage federal dollars,” Verdugo said, “to help small businesses stay in business…a lot of our small businesses didn’t leverage the PPP (Payroll Protection Program) loan because they didn’t have relationships with their financial institutions.” If those relationships were in place, the small businesses may have been able to weather the pan demic.“They (small busi nesses) missed out on those resources,” Verdu go explained. “For small businesses to be carried for three months, we are talk ing about anywhere from $1,500 to $10,000.” She said YWCA rolled out and provided grants to support operations or rental fees and utilities. Verdugo said they launched a number of grants — the Small Business Continuity grants, the Small Business Utilities and Rental grants, and Survivors grants, for survivors of domestic violence.
ing on Mayor Romero’s emergency declaration on climate change,” Verdugo explained. “So we started auditing our buildings to see what we have to start for energy and water. We focused on HSN first, be cause it is in a community that is most vulnerable. Low income, the elder ly, We are surrounded by long-time residents, and the elderly. Our elderly have become the most vulnerable (since COVID).
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Michael Guymon, president and chief executive officer of the Tucson Metro Chamber of Com merce, said he believes the high number of women-owned businesses is because Tucson is an inviting and open business community.
Women own 21.7% of all Tucson businesses, which is above the national aver age, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Business Survey. That equates to 3,416 women-owned business es in the Tucson area, employing 27,037 workers with $1 billion to less than $5 billion in total revenue. 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I think Tucson just has that ethic, regardless of gender orGuymonethnicity.”said the Cham ber has been discussing ways they can be a strong er leader, so they started a board-led task force approximately a year ago. Last month, the chamber launched a new web page called IDEA on its website. “Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA), and we created a task force to work on this,” Guymon explained. “We are trying to add resources to that page. To assist business owners, as well as those looking to start a business, on ways they can include IDEA for their businesses. It is certain ly becoming a stronger ethic of ours. We want to provide the right resources, so they can advance those concepts within their own busi ness.”The web page is at pandemicfor(herer,businesssaid.labortransitionseenandsaidnesses,demiceffectchamber.org/idea/https://tucsonAskedabouttheofthepanonbusiGuymonthereareproscons.“Wehavesignificantinthemarket,”he“Iknowthisownsheowneditbusiness)14years,thehas been very challenging and unpredictable…she sold her business and went into a profession that was much more stable.” He said he also has seen individuals who have left certain industries to start their own business. “It is most common for both female and male business owners to still be with their first business, but more female business owners (55%) are involved with their first business than their male counter parts (47.5%),” the Census Bureau survey showed. “Men are more likely to have moved on from a previous business in some form. Men more frequently respond that they still oper ate a previous business, that their business was sold to another company or indi vidual, or that a previous business is no longer in operation.”Hesaidthe pandemic has led to “people wanting to change from the work they were doing, to thinking this might be a right time to do that.“What the pandemic has led to is a significant transition in the work place. The bigger transition is in the office market, some traditional office jobs and some traditional office companies based in an office setting have also reevaluated their need for space. Do they move to a smaller environment be cause their employees work from home? This is on the employer’s side.” He said he has also seen a big change in the employees applying for jobs. “I have heard this from numerous employers,” Guymon explained. “Where the employees are now demanding that part of their job is to have the ability to work remotely. This is a massive transi tion. No employee would be asking that prior to the pandemic.”Guymon said his organ ization is on pace with the Greater Phoenix Chamber. “We (Tucson Cham ber) talked to the Phoenix chamber with our task force,” Guymon said. “Because they took the lead early on, we are following the lead of the Phoenix chamber.”
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“We specialize in sensory deprivation saltwater tank floatation therapy,” Lind sey said. “We are a small yet adorable local business that does wonderful things for the community, and we are thanked by our guests every day that we are here.” Levity Wellness Center is Tucson’s only brick-and-mor tar floatation business.
Levity Float Room tank, which adds more space with easy en trance and exit. The Samadhi tank includes a hatch lid, but the float room tank has a glass door for easy opening and closing. Customers can turn on a blue light that ensures a nonclaustrophobic feeling. It provides an open feel with plenty of space to stretch. Each float tank contains 12 inches of body-temperature water with 1,000 pounds of Epsom salt, also known as magnesium sulfate. It’s a chemical compound made up of magnesium, sulfur and oxygen.Thefloat tank is sound proof, lightproof and the salt water provides an anti-gravity environment. The isolation tank makes the user feel weightless as if he or she is in a womb or floating in space. It allows the “brain to focus on the needs of the body with a deeper sense of awareness,” according to the website. With a 60% return rate, customers include a pro-am golfer; cyclist who comes in prior to their El Tour De Tucson event; and Delaney Schnell and Jessica Parratto, two 2021 Olympic silver medal winning synchronized divers. Float and saltwater therapy have clinically proven results. “People come in with focus issues or sleeping problems or being very hyper,” Lindsey said. “Then you are getting on the scientific road of magne sium in the brain and what it does.”“All those roads come together quickly, through one conduit,” Jason said. “Dr. Justin Feinstein, he is the founder, coordinator and driving force behind the Float Research Collective, and its website is clinicalfloat. org,” Jason said. “There is a massive wealth of information regarding clinical proven tests around floating and the impact of Allit. those things, magnesium and salt and Epsom tie back to Hethat.”said Feinstein’s team ran tests on a clinical group. “They took a control group of individuals and asked a third of the group to sit and relax, and the other third were to float.” Jason explained. “And they tracked the results of their cortisol, stress levels and their blood pressure and their heart rate post-treatment. And they found out the more stressed, the more anxiety and the worse someone scored, they found the more stressed had a stronger reaction to the float tank and found a signifi cant drop of stress, blood pres sure, resting heart rate.” He said they found those who are fairly calm still have a calming effect but just less than the others. However, those who are “extremely stressed and the vagus nerve is incred ibly overwhelmed, they are finding this (float therapy) has a massive effect on folks that are really struggling.” Levity Wellness Center also offers massage therapy; cupping and bodywork; infra red saunas; and breathwork therapy.Forasingle 60-minute float the fee is $60; for 90 minutes it is $80; and 120 minutes cost $95.Guests can purchase a three-session package at $165 for 60 minutes for each session.Three 90-minute session packages are $225, and three 120-minute sessions are $270. One of their most popular packages is their float and massage combo therapy. For pricing, call/text 520339-6674. ITB
Levity Wellness Center has two tanks from which to choose.TheLevity Samadhi tank has simplicity in mind, focusing on creating the best possible float experience. For 40 years, it has provided an environment with as few distractions as possible, a space of nothingness, where the floater is suspended in weightless silence, according to the website. The tank provides a comforting meditation.floatenvironment.womb-likeItisanoriginalexperiencewithdeepThecenteralsofeaturesthe
Water and Epsom salt are the key to sensory deprivation, according to Jason and Lindsey Krauss, the owners of Levity Wellness Center near the UA.
The Levity Samadhi tank has simplicity in mind, focusing on creating the best possible float experience. (Hope Peters/Staff)
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“We looked up floating in Tucson, and Levity was the only brick-and-mortar here,” Lindsey said “We have been customers here for probably six years,” she said. “After COVID, the previous owner asked us if we wanted to buy it, so after many hundreds of conversations, we decided to pull the trigger.” They purchased the business on April 8, 2021. Jason loves the business because of the calming effects after floating in the Epsom salt tanks.“Itis undeniable. You can’t fake the calmness and the serenity it brings for a lot of people,” Jason said, “and for somebody who is from the extreme … we have a reg ular, who is a very salty vet, unfriendly, but after his float he makes eye contact and says thank you. He is gracious, and then he leaves.” One of Jason’s friends also learned of the benefits of floatation therapy. “A friend of mine was in the tank for the first time, and he had a separated rib and he couldn’t stretch enough to get it back in the right place,” Ja son said. “He couldn’t stretch enough to pop it back in.” After he was in the tank for about 10 minutes, Jason heard his muffled voice. He popped it back in and he could breathe.Heleft a half hour early be cause he was so excited to stand up and get back to his day. Lindsey said she loves the sharing of their customers’ experiences.“Talkingto all the people after (their float time), on why they do it and how they feel about it after, is my favorite part of being here,” she said.
Levity Wellness Center is at 2272 E. Speedway Boulevard, Tucson.
Jason and Lindsey Krauss explored water Epsom salt flotation therapy after he broke his back. (Hope Peters/Staff)
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“We have guests who come in to treat chronic pain, depression, concussions, PTSD, addiction, the list goes on and on,” the Krausses said. “We have a lot of veterans who come in and utilize our services.”Jasonhas found the therapy to help him. Before he started the floating business, he broke his“Inback.2016 I sat up out of bed and broke my back,” Krauss said. “I just sat up and we both heard it, it was a sound, and we both went, what’s that? And three days later I had no feeling in my entire left wing, if you will, from my neck all the way down to my fingers, and excruciating pain.” Krauss said he had done floating therapy before this. He and his wife found out about it while on vacation in Portland, Oregon. After the spinal surgery for his broken back and his ensuing recovery, Jason said he could not wait to get back into the tank. “I was alternating between physical therapy, floating and massage,” he said. “And repeat; for about 18 months.”
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FOOD Reilly is about family, food and frolic
Courtney Fenton fondly re members her birthday celebra tions growing up in northwest Tucson.Herparents and two broth ers, Tyler and Zach, would start the day by waking her up with a chorus of “Happy Birth day” and sitting down to “an awesome breakfast spread.” A family activity would follow in the afternoon, then a night out for dinner at one of the family’s favoriteFamily.restaurants.Food.Frolic. That’s how the Fentons roll. And it’s no coincidence that they anchor the experience at the siblings’ flagship restaurant and how they recently celebrated the first birthday of the newer, northwest location of Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink.“When we opened Reilly downtown 10 years ago, our guests started asking, like almost immediately, for a second loca tion,” Fenton said. “We were approached by Phoenix Realtors about opening one there, but it was important to us that any expansion would be in northwest Tucson, in a neighborly place that felt famil iar since we grew up there.” The Fentons ultimately opened their second location, at 7262 N. Oracle Road, last summer. “We were warmly welcomed to the area, by those who had been coming down town regularly to eat at Reilly,” she said, “and by others, who weren’t familiar with Reilly, excited to have a quality Italian restaurant in their neighbor hood.”Ina case of déjà vu, Fenton said her northwest guests began asking for more within days. The restaurant was only provid ing dinner service, and requests for lunch and happy hour were coming in regularly. Then it clicked. Give the peo ple what they want and celebrate the new location’s first birthday by expanding their service accordingly.“Wewanted to curate a lunch menu that showed how an elevated dining experience can be fun and approachable, while also keeping in mind our guests who need to be in and out in 30 minutes,” she said. “This is also true for those who are able to have a more leisurely lunch, perhaps with cocktails or a bottle wine.”Note to self. Meet Courtney Fenton for a leisurely lunch. While many of the restau rant’s dishes are on both the lunch and dinner menus, three new sandwiches are available only for lunch: a meatball sand wich, with sauce, provolone, basil and grana; a roasted vege table sandwich, with salsa verde, fontina and basil; and a grinder, with salumi, provolone, ro maine, red onion, pepperoncini andTheoregano.lunch special features an 8-inch version of any one of Reilly’s 11 signature pizzas and a simple salad. The new happy hour is another place where the family’s frolic comes into focus.
The meatball sandwich, one of Reilly North’s three premium sandwiches on its new lunch menu.
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“We’ve put together an atmosphere and experience that’s truly centered on social,” she said. “Our bartenders love to engage guests and tell them the history and stories about the drinks.”Happy hour, which isn’t limited to the bar area, is a nod to classic cocktails with bee’s knees, rye Manhattans, Moscow mules and others in a dis count-priced rotation. Marinated olives, house-baked bread and house-cultured butter, and Brus (Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink/Submitted)
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“There’s something innately unique in pro viding comfort for other people and being able to share in those moments,” Fenton“Foodsaid.isa great way to show that you care; it’s a great way to feel comfort able and welcome.” Cross I-10 at Congress to the west side, go just a little way down the road and you are in a dif ferent Tucson, but that is where Tucson native Chef Ralph Felix runs the kitchen at Agustin Kitchen.General manager Neil Scott describes it as casual fine dining, tucked in a corner of Mercado San Agustin. The bar side has a large counter open to the outside courtyard. Food is graciously served in the wood-paneled dining room.The kitchen overlooks the dining room and, when he gets a second, Felix peeks past the large marble counter and the fresh oysters on ice to see how dining service is going. When he sees patrons enjoying what he and his staff have creat ed, he’s happy.
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Blue Finch Bakery is one of Tucson’s many establishments celebrat ing the 10-day Sono ran Restaurant Week. From Friday, Sept. 9 to Sunday, Sept. 18, more than 100 restaurants will offer fixed-price menus, giving guests the oppor tunity to visit restaurants they’ve never tried or to check out old Tucsonfoodie.com,favorites. a digital magazine that writes about the UNES CO City of Gastronomy and its offerings, recent ly took ownership of the fourth event. It is aided in the endeavor by Visit Tucson.“Thepurpose of Sono ran Restaurant Week is to encourage people to go out and explore the res taurant scene in Tucson,” said Shane Reiser, who owns“It’stucsonfoodie.com.aweekwherealot of great restaurants — we now have 100 — offer a fixed-price menu, so all you have to do is go to any of the participat ing restaurants, ask for the Sonoran Restaurant Week menu. You’re going to get a delicious meal for a Anadeal.”Aguayo start ed Taco Fish as a food truck selling fish tacos 17 years ago. That business expanded to a brick-andmortar, casual restau rant. Want something besides fish or shrimp tacos? There are also manta ray, stingray, oc topus and marlin coming in the forms of quesadil las, caldos, tostadas and cocktails.Aserve-yourself fresh garnish and pico de gallo stand waits on the side. These days, Aguayo man ages the place but still helms the kitchen.
“It makes all the work worthwhile,” Felix said. “When I’m working long shifts, long hours, long days, when I’m not spending the holiday with my family, but then I put out great food and people call me out to the table, and say, ‘Thank you, this is the best meal we’ve ever had,’ it just makes it worthwhile.” On the regular dinner menu find halibut crudo, lacquered duck breast or littleneck clams. There is also lunch service and a weekend brunch menu. It’s sophisticated food, but what does Felix like to eat at home? “You know what?” he
More than anything, however, Otero says that when he serves his food, he is offering his Tucson heritage.“Itruly believe that this food is my blood,” he said. “These are the dishes that I grew up eat ing, but I want to put my own twist on them.” The menu reflects Otero’s interest. Look for Nana’s tacos, a Tucson specialty where a ground beef patty is fried right into a corn tortilla. There are also rolled tacos, street ta cos, quesadillas, birria, flat enchiladas and load ed fries. Quench your thirst with horchata and sodas. For the adults try a local brewski, miche lada or margarita. In addition, a food truck will soon make its appearance at The Annex.Satisfy your hankering for freshly made pasta and pizza at Downtown’s Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink on Pennington, or in northwest Tucson at its second location at Or acle and Ina roads. Both locations are popping, but that’s no surprise. The food and drinks speak for themselves. “Reilly is a modern take on Italian cuisine,” said Courtney Fenton, one of the partner-own ers. “We focus on quality ingredients, local ingre dients and an elevated dining experience, so all of our pasta is made fresh in house. We make our own sausage, really trying to have the best, freshest ingredients. I think that really translates well in theFentonfood.”and her broth ers own both Reilly loca tions and a new restau rant, Bata, on Toole. She said their good memories revolve around food, which drew them to the industry.
Plenty of new grub to savor during Sonoran Restaurant Week
At Taco Fish on 12th Avenue, owner Ana Aguayo offers shrimp tacos and quesadilla de marlin, just a couple of seafood items available for lunch or dinner. Taco Fish is another of the more than 100 restaurants participating in Sonoran Restaurant Week.
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It’s 1 a.m. Saturday and WHILEmostof us are having a good time or sleeping, Scott Martley is prepping his northwest Tucson kitchen for the hours of hot, hard work ahead. He turns on the com mercial ovens he has at his home. He gives his commercial mixer a twirl. Then it’s meas ure, scoop, mix, grease, knead and everything else that goes into baking a fragrant, delicious loaf of crusty, German dark rye bread. Sometimes it’s different. Perhaps today it will be a jalapeno and polenta loaf. At a more reasonable hour later in the morn ing, wife and partner Nikki Martley gets up to harvest her home- and lovingly grown micro greens.Atthe cottage bakery, Blue Finch Bakery — not a storefront — this is a weekly routine. It’s hard work, but satisfying. “Food is one of the magical substances,” Scott said. “It cross es borders, it erness.”bindingabecausemeetlike.’”breadbackground.tableEverybodyontoeverything…You’recrossestryingputalocalinfluenceadeeptradition.comestothewiththeirpersonal“‘ThisiswhatIthinkshouldtasteIt’sreallyhardtothoseexpectationseverybodyhasdifferentone.Thequalityistogeth
“I was born and raised here,” Otero said. “My mother’s family has been here for seven genera tions already.” It pairs with why he and his restaurant are participating in Sonoran Restaurant Week. “I feel that Tucson’s a part of the Sonoran De sert, and this is Tucson’s food right here that we represent here at Rol lies,” Otero added. “I call it Tucson Chicano food. It’s our twist on Sonoran food.”
“I like to cook food in my house, like home made food,” she said, “and, yes, I have loved cooking here at the res taurant.”Justafew blocks down the street from Taco Fish is another casual dining place, Rollies Mexican Patio. On this Saturday afternoon, finding park ing was a challenge, but the atmosphere inside was full of fun. Chef Ma teo Otero wants guests to feel they’re on his home patio.Eating there is like participating in Otero’s family tradition, and that tradition is long indeed.
ing,” Reiser said. “A lot of new restaurants are really elevating the whole scene, and we’re increas ingly a destination, a gastronomy and culinary destination.”Meanwhile, at Blue Finch Bakery, Nikki is getting orders ready to go out to customers who have texted their arriv al times. That’s how it works at Blue Finch. On Sunday, the website opens to orders and, because it’s a cottage bakery, Scott only makes so much. Best to remem ber to order on Sunday, because by Wednesday most of their goodies are soldTheout.Martleys don’t do it for the money; they give a portion of their weekly earnings to nonprofits. It’s some thing else; the same thing that makes all restaurant workers do it. “You’re bringing a group of people together over food,” Scott said. “Meeting new people, you often do it over food, and I love being a part of that connection with so many people.” ITB (Karen Schaffner/Staff)
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REILLY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink 7262 N. Oracle Road, reillypizza.comTucson (Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink/Submitted) Reilly North’s new happy hour honors the classic cocktail culture.
sels sprouts with house hot sauce, sherry vin and pecan brittle crumbs are the featured snacks. Lunch at Reilly North is avail able Tuesdays to Sundays from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The restaurant is closed from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. so staff can enjoy a team meal together and prepare for dinner service. Happy Hour runs Tuesdays to Sundays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The restaurant is closed on Mondays. I look forward to singing “Happy Birthday” to the Fen tons myself, which, of course, will require a readying round of bee’sContactknees.Matt Russell, CEO of Russell Public Communica tions, at mrussell@russellpublic. com. Russell is also the pub lisher of OnTheMenuLive.com as well as the host of the Friday Weekend Watch segment on the “Buckmaster Show” on KVOI 1030 AM. Disclosure: Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink is a client of Russell Public Communica tions. ITB said. “As a chef we work so hard, such long days, sometimes you get home you’re happy just to eat a bowl of cereal.” Scott credits his team with the success of the place.“Itend to give credit to the people who are actually performing it,” he said. “I may be here helping direct it but these are the guys that are putting it together every day.”Reiser said it’s a joy to work with eateries like these during Son oran Restaurant Week. He wants everyone to be proud of, and enjoy, Tucson’s food traditions and scene“Thenewcomers.Tucsonfoodisreallyexplod
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Executive chef Ralph Felix of Augustin Kitchen works with a rather large staff in his restaurant’s kitchen. Agustin Kitchen is just one of more than 100 restaurants participating in Sonoran Restaurant Week.
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21 First Tee - Tucson 1400 W. Speedway Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85745 (520) firstteetucson.orgjudymcd@firstteetucson.org628-1555 45-0511766 $395,000 $1,900,000 Non-Profit 501 c 3 organization. Teaching life skills curriculum through the game of golf. Youth Development 2005
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