Sazerac Creole Kitchen & Cocktails in St. Philip’s Plaza will open at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16, without owner Joshua Mussman.
Mussman on Friday broke both legs after falling off a 12-foot ladder while repairing the roof of his family's new Indian restaurant.
Sazerac cancelled its friends and family soft opening Saturday, but will still open as planned at 8 a.m. Monday, said Mussman's mother, Suzanne Kaiser, who owns the restaurants with her two sons — Joshua and Aric Mussman.
The restaurants are part of the family's Jam Culinary Concepts, which includes three other Tucson restaurants and a bar in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Joshua Mussman, 32, underwent surgery at Banner University Medical Center and is expected to undergo two more surgeries to repair a compound fracture in his right leg and broken heel and toes in his left, Kaiser said.
She said her son fell while repairing the roof at 4660 E. Camp Lowell Drive, the future home of Twisted Tandoor. Jam is teaming up with Twisted Tandoor owner Roop Singh on the Indian restaurant, set to open in March.
Kaiser said her son landed on his feet.
"Thank God he didn't land on his back or knees," she said Sunday from the hospital, where her son was still being treated.
Amalour, the name of the previous St. Philip's Plaza restaurant at 4280 N. Campbell Ave., still graces the signs at Sazerac. Kaiser said workers were in the middle of painting and installing Sazerac's signs when her son fell and they had to turn their attention to Twisted Tandoor. Heavy rain Saturday and early Sunday put the kibosh on putting up the Sazerac signs, Kaiser said.
Jam Culinary Concepts also owns two Vero Amore pizzerias — at 2920 N. Swan Road and 12130 N. Dove Mountain Blvd. in Marana — Oro Valley's Noble Hops Craft Beer + Fine Fare at 1335 W. Lambert Lane, and Tinwell bar in Salt Lake City.
Sazerac's hours beginning Monday will be 8 a.m. to midnight daily, with kitchen service until 10 nightly.
