It’s tough to see longstanding businesses shut their doors, especially downtown, but it’s also refreshing to see some working together to make it happen.
With a helping hand from the Downtown Tucson Partnership and Pima County, Café 54, Urban Fresh, and Raptor Canyon Cafe have teamed up to create the Pennington Street Outdoor Food Court.
So, with the outdoor food court, you’ve got your choice of vegetarian dishes, home-style cuisine, and bites that’ll warm your belly during the coolness of the season.
Raptor Canyon Cafe posted the following on Facebook:
“The Downtown Tucson Partnership’s grants are what allowed us to partner with our neighboring restaurants Urban Fresh and Cafe 54 to create the Pennington Street Outdoor Food Court,the perfect place to enjoy a delicious meal as the weather begins to cool.”
With the recent closure of Café Poca Cosa on Pennington, DOWNTOWN Kitchen + Cocktails, which is just a few blocks away, and multiple other restaurants around the city, the outdoor food court is a fresh of breath air and a whiff of good news.
For more information about the Downtown Tucson Partnership, visit downtowntucson.org.
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Matt Sterner
More about MattAt a very young age, Matt Sterner was gifted with the artistic ability to masterfully roll a burrito to the highest of standards, but the wrapped medley of delicious innards wasn’t his first love. Matt’s first true love was a combination of reading, writing, and creating. He grew up reading comics, the ingredients list of his shampoo and conditioner bottles, choose-your-own-adventure books, and the Scrabble dictionary — something he found useful when challenging his grandmother to a game.
He attended college at New Mexico State University and graduated with a degree in Digital Filmmaking. One of his favorite classes was screenwriting because he became responsible for the story’s birth before it came to life on-screen. After school, Matt took on numerous positions at a local television station in Tucson. From dealing out stories about heartbreak to producing “fluffier” content for a lifestyle broadcast, he learned what it takes to adapt to the many emotions the world of media can stir. Since 2017, Matt has dabbled in the culinary world of Tucson as well as San Diego, California from time to time.
If you’re in the mood for strange stories, head over to his pride and joy, wonkytimes.com. And in case you’re curious — yes, after all of this time, he still manages to roll a killer burrito.
