Local farmers' market nabs spot in top 10
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1 Dane County Farmers' Market Madison, Wis.
2 Union Square Greenmarket New York City
3 Portland Farmers Market Portland, Ore.
4 Ferry Plaza Farmers Market San Francisco
5 Sunset Valley Farmers Market near Austin, Texas
6 Boulder County Farmers' Market Boulder, Colo.
7 Capital City Farmers' Market Montpelier, Vt.
8 Santa Fe Farmers Market Santa Fe, N.M.
9 Simply Homegrown Clayton, Ga.
10 Santa Cruz River Farmers' Market Tucson
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EatingWell magazine has recognized Tucson's Santa Cruz River Farmers' Market as one of "America's Top 10 Farmers' Markets."
The magazine asked its 1.6 million readers to pick their local favorites from the current estimate of 4,385 such markets in the U.S., then had contributing editors and farmers' market aficionados Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough (authors of "The Ultimate Cook Book") visit and write about readers' Top 10.
To be eligible, markets had to offer food produced locally, sold directly and cultivated in an environmentally conscious way.
At the Santa Cruz River Farmers' Market, both summertime selections, such as peaches and apricots, and autumn assortments, such as corn and pumpkins, fit the bill.
The Santa Cruz River Farmers' Market is open 4 to 7 p.m. Thursdays at the Santa Cruz River Park. It sets up on North Riverside Avenue, just west of Interstate 10, between St. Mary's Road and Speedway Boulevard.
The farmers market, operated by the Community Food Bank, started in August 2005 and accepts food stamps, WIC farmers market vouchers, cash and credit cards.
The July/August of "EatingWell" is on newsstands.
Hello . . .
. . . Las Cazuelitas, 3535 E. Fort Lowell Road. This is the third location for the local restaurant, owned by the Frisby family.
. . . Pizzazz! Bistro, 1763 E. Prince Road (325-9040), from husband and wife Emma Vera-Holzman and Seth Holzman, owners of Guadalajara Grill, across the street.
Formerly a Burger King, the building had been vacant for about two years.
. . . Brushfire BBQ, 2745 N. Campbell Ave. (624-3223), owned by Jared Wren and Ben Rine, opens this week in the former location of Daglio's Cheesesteaks.
. . . Silver Lining Cafe, 2545 E. Broadway (326-5665) opened earlier this month. Pamela Shane and partner Jesus Garcia opened the third restaurant in the location in the last two years. (Remember Rhythmmm or Sabor?)
Serving breakfast and lunch, Silver Lining doesn't charge more than $7 for anything on the menu. For example, The Tucson Pile Up, potatoes, topped with cheese, a slab of ham, two strips of bacon and two eggs, plus a biscuit and gravy on the side, costs $6.95.
It is open 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
So long . . .
. . . Paco's Tropical Cafe, 5819 N. Oracle Road (November 2004).
. . . Evangelos', 4405 W. Speedway Blvd., (opened in 1972 as Scordato's; sold in 1999 to become Evangelos' Scordato's; 2002 named changed to Evangelos'). For more on Evangelos', go to www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/frontpage/ 57363.php . . .
Taste Plus
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California barista to represent U.S.
Heather Perry of Coffee Klatch Roasting in San Dimas, Calif., will represent the United States in the World Barista Championship later this month in Tokyo.
In May, Perry won the United States Barista Championship held in Minneapolis, according to sponsor Specialty Coffee Association of America.
The world championship is July 31-Aug. 2 and is sponsored by the Specialty Coffee Association of Japan.
In the U.S. competition, each barista was given 15 minutes to prepare and serve 12 coffee beverages.
The only Arizona competitor, Steve Kelly of Ground Control in Goodyear, was disqualified. According to the SCAA Web site, disqualifications are made when a barista exceeds 16 minutes, or one minute more than the allotted time.
Kelly was the only competitor disqualified.
DINA L. DOOLEN
ddoolen@tucsoncitizen.com
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