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Falora’s Ari Shapiro Gets More ‘Eater’ Love

Falora’s Ari Shapiro Gets More ‘Eater’ Love

Erica DombrowskiErica Dombrowski
Mar 24, 20141 min read

The month of March means the one year anniversary of Falora Pizza, owned by local restaurateur, Ari Shapiro.

This Tucson entrepreneur also owns, Sidecar, Sparkroot Coffee Shop and several XOOM Juice bars continues to trail blaze Tucson’s quickly evolving food scene. Eater‘s special Pizza Week Edition caught up with Ari about the process he went through to get Falora up-and-running, how he chose the current space,  the details of opening night, and more.

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