Tough Luck Club (TLC) is ringing in its 10th anniversary on New Year’s Eve.
For a decade, the rules at the basement bar have been simple to follow: Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it, be nice to each other, and tip your bartenders.
From 6 p.m. – 1 a.m. on Tuesday, December 31, stop by the downstairs bar beneath Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink at 101 E. Pennington St.
Congratulate the team on 10 years while sipping on something new or on a go-to craft cocktail. There will be a new “Greatest Hits” cocktail menu — 13 of their best/favorite cocktails in TLC’s history.
“We didn’t want to cosplay as fancy, vest-wearing, post-prohibition reactors, making drinks we couldn’t afford in a space that looked like some Imagineers pulled it straight from a film set or a history book. Not that there is anything wrong with that; it just wasn’t Tucson, and it wasn’t us.”
Greatest Hits Cocktail Menu
They also have $8 classic cocktails on the menu, like the Bee’s Knees, Old Fashioned, and Moscow Mule, they still have The Special for $5 — a can of Coors Banquet and a shot of mellow corn whiskey.
“We have done our best to be a great place to work, a fun place to come and to give back to our community. We wanted to do it ourselves, and we did.”
Tough Luck Club is located in the basement of Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink, 101 E. Pennington St. For more information, follow Tough Luck Club on Instagram.
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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.
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