http://3storymagazine.com/tucson-50s-and-60s-restaurants/ desert cool urban hot Sat, 13 Feb 2016 19:47:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.2 http://3storymagazine.com/tucson-50s-and-60s-restaurants/#comment-1472 Thu, 28 May 2015 03:38:28 +0000 http://3storymagazine.com/?p=17052#comment-1472 Ahhh, Mama Louisas is awesome. I went to school with Michael Elefante and am glad to hear he is keeping his familys legacy going.

]]> http://3storymagazine.com/tucson-50s-and-60s-restaurants/#comment-1380 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 17:39:07 +0000 http://3storymagazine.com/?p=17052#comment-1380 Thanks for your comment. Believe me, we did do our homework on this. And we had several conversations about it. There are people who (we know) avoid this establishment because of its past and the stories associated with it. That’s why we were upfront about it all. In our ‘straw poll’ at a 3 Story meeting, three were vehemently against putting Chaffin’s in the article, one was for, and one was on the fence. The final decision went to me, the editor. Thanks again for reading, and I hope I have shed some light on this part of the article, and the fact that the decision was not an easy one to make.

]]> http://3storymagazine.com/tucson-50s-and-60s-restaurants/#comment-1379 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 22:44:02 +0000 http://3storymagazine.com/?p=17052#comment-1379 Wow, I’m kind of stunned. I’ve been a fan of Three Story since it’s inception. I was just finishing the “Eat, Drink, and be Retro” article by Lehrman and Drummond when the piece regarding Chaffin’s came up. The story reads like a passive-aggressive Republican attack ad. The current owner of Chaffin’s, Alex, is the son of the former owner and received not one break on the price or the financing from his father. Alex is a great human being who has worked incredibly hard to make the restaurant a success. To put in a link (from 2006 before Alex owned the place) that makes him appear homophobic is just stunning to me, especially given Alex’s orientation. Next time , please do your homework before you do a hatchet job on somebody completely undeserving of one. This is so not up to your usual standards!
Steve Kippur

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