Jan2015
Broadway Village turns 75 with a new grocery anchor
Hillary Davis, Inside Tucson Business The iconic Broadway Village shopping center is celebrating the big seven-five with a new organic supermarket. Natural Grocers is set to occupy a roughly 15,000 square-foot anchor space in the historic midtown landmark...
Jan2015
Broadway Village Turns 75
TUCSON, ARIZ. – Broadway Village, heralded by local historians as Arizona’s first shopping center and one of Tucson’s most iconic architectural treasures, has quietly turned 75. Local owners plan a festive celebration of the three‐quarter‐century...
Mar2014
Falora’s Ari Shapiro on One Year at His Tucson Pizzeria
by Erin DeJesus, Photo: JP Westenskow Tucson entrepreneur Ari Shapiro — who owned a coffee shop, Sparkroot, and several locations of juice bar XOOM — branched out with his first proper restaurant with the opening of Falora, a wood-fired pizzeria...
Mar2014
Falora Fun
Karyn Zoldan arizonafoothillsmagazine.com Nearly open for a year, Falora has already made Eater.com’s one of the 24 hottest pizzerias to open in United States in 2013. Located in historic Broadway Village, Falora marries a blend of authentic Neapolitan...
Feb2014
Press Release – Sidecar to Open in Broadway Village
TUCSON, AZ- Tucson’s historic plaza is to get a new craft beer and cocktail bar located at the southwest corner of Broadway Blvd. and Country Club Rd. Owners, Ari Shapiro and Page Repp, expect Sidecar to open in June 2014 at 139 S. Eastbourne Avenue,...
Jun2013
Falora Pizza serves slice of Naples
Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star, photo by Mike Christy Wood-burning oven from Italy toasts thin crusts that support the toppings The pizza chef at Falora Pizza + Espresso doesn’t seem to mind. We’ve come in for a late lunch, and, since the...
Mar2013
Falora Opens
Emily Gindlesparger Ari Shapiro is a busy man. Despite his successes with Sparkroot and Xoom, Shapiro dreamt of owning a “cozy, hole-in-a-beaut-wall authentic pizza joint.” When a space opened up in the Broadway Village, a historic Josias Joesler...