Photos: Historic Rincon Market in Tucson
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The historic Rincon Market grocery and restaurant has been a neighborhood staple in the Sam Hughes area of Tucson since 1926. It has a long list of "regulars" who return for the seafood, wine, produce or just a quick sandwich at the deli.
A two-alarm fire in 2013 caused extensive damage and forced nearly a gut-remodel. The market reopened a year later.
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Brigitte Rensel from Epicurean Food, hands out samples of cheeses and fruits at the remodeled Rincon Market at 2513 E. Sixth St. during a grand reopening in 2014.
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Shopper Rebecca Cramer browses the aisles of the newly re-opened Rincon Market, 2513 E. Sixth St. in Tucson, after a fire shuttered the business in 2013.
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Seafood Manager Yuri Rabayev, right, gives a warm greeting to long-time local customer Eugene Adams at the newly re-opened Rincon Market at 2513 E. Sixth St. during the reopening of the store in 2014 after a devastating fire. Adams grew up down the street from the store where he has shopped since he was a kid. Adams raved about the seafood saying it's the best in town because of Rabayev's extensive knowledge, contacts and enthusiasm.
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Rincon Market owner Kelly Abbott, right, greets customers and visitors in the entrance to the newly re-opened store on June 30, 2014. A fire on July 2, 2013 had forced closure of the business.
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Howard Milwich, retail store manager at Rincon Market, 2513 E 6th Street, unloads Diestel Turkeys that will be sold to customers for Thanksgiving in 2016.
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The flower boxes in front of the Rincon Market in 1998.
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Rincon Market owner Paul Cisek in 2000.
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Bill Codd reads at Rincon Market during one of his twice-weekly visits in 1997.
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Flames shoot through the roof of Rincon Market as Tucson firefighters cut ventilation holes on July 2, 2013 during a two-alarm fire.
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Tucson firefighters climb to the roof area after controlling a fire at the Rincon Market fire on July 2, 2013.
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An Abracadabra work beginning clean up at Rincon Market after a fire in June, 2013. The drop ceiling about the deli counter was the origin of the fire.
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Initial damage and restoration in progress at Rincon Market after a fire in June, 2013.
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Drop ceiling above deli counter was the point of origin for the fire at Rincon Market in June, 2013.
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Initial damage and restoration in progress at Rincon Market after a fire in June, 2013.
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Initial damage and restoration in progress at Rincon Market after a fire in June, 2013.
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Initial damage and restoration in progress at Rincon Market after a fire in June, 2013.
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Initial damage and restoration in progress at Rincon Market after a fire in June, 2013.
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Initial damage and restoration in progress at Rincon Market after a fire in June, 2013.
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Mike Jenkins of Tanque Verde Electric works on the track lighting above a service counter while contractors work to bring Rincon Market, 2513 E. Sixth Street, back up to speed after a July 2013 fire heavily damaged the building. e-opening.
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Technician Chris Hall with Desert Star Mechanical trims an evaporative coil section while repairing the refrigeration units as part of preparations for reopening Rincon Market in 2014.
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Chris Maloney picks out some grapes from the fruit section of Rincon Market in 1997.
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A long "pan" exposure of the iconic neon sign for the Rincon Market, 2515 E. 6th.
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Cook Tucker Hartford sells a Young's Farm free range turkey to Michael Block at Rincon Markets meat department in 2004.
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