Papagayo
Employees used to tell Alice Mazon that on certain evenings they would hear the sound of someone jingling a set of keys, a habit for which her father, Rene Perez Sr. was famous.
The Gekas Family
Beginning in the late 1940s and continuing through the mid-’90s. Mary, John, their children and an assortment of cousins, siblings and family friends served elegant meals in elegant settings, such as the venerated Palomino at northwest corner of Swan and Fort Lowell roads.
Janos
People were drawn to this new style of cooking. They had never seen or tasted their familiar southwestern ingredients prepared in such a way.
