Union Jack loses Main Gate Square lease

By Ellia Pannier, El Inde Arizona Union Jack, the British-themed pub at 800 E. University Blvd. in Main Gate Square, has closed.  A notice dated Sept. 13 posted on the front door said the landlord, Marshall Foundation, terminated the lease and took possession of the building’s contents. Bruce Burke, the Marshall Foundation’s president, could not…

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Watching movies in style

    Zacchaeus Clauson sits on a wooden stool with a black leather seat in the Tucson movie theater lobby waiting to see American Sniper. The 6-foot-6 Clauson takes a sip of a vodka-infused rootbeer float and tells his friends across the table that he is looking forward to stretching out in a recliner.  …

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El Don de la Taquería Pico de Gallo

Cuando Ignacio Delgado, mejor conocido como Don Nacho, era un niño, su madre tenía una pequeña tienda en Tetitlán, México. Una mañana, ella mandó a Nacho a comprar una caja de naranjas. Le dio instrucciones de cortar las naranjas, sazonarlas con sal y chile para que a las 11 de la mañana empezara a venderlas….

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The Tamale Man

From the beginning, restaurateur Perfecto Leon was fighting the odds. He was born with bronchitis, and the doctors told his parents that their son would probably not survive. After initially dismissing his father’s suggestion of naming their son Perfecto after the boy’s grandfather, his mother had a change of heart. Though she considered the name…

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