A Honolulu-based restaurant chain has opened its first Tucson location.
L&L Hawaiian Barbecue is now open at 4210 N. First Ave., near East Limberlost Drive. It is the chain’s third Arizona restaurant.
“The community here loves Hawaii and is thrilled to have authentic Hawaiian plate lunches,” Tucson owner Rilii Nakano said.
The Tucson restaurant is one of four the Hawaiian chain has recently opened. The 72-year-old restaurant now has 228 locations throughout the U.S. and Japan since becoming a franchise in 1999.
It specializes in “plate lunch” which is also known as “the state food of Hawaii” and dates to wage laborers in 19th-century sugar plantations and pineapple fields, who brought rice and other leftovers to work in tins and shared home recipes from Japan, China, Philippines, Portugal and Korea.
Menu items include barbecue meats, rice plates and Spam Musubi.
L&L also has restaurants in Yuma and Phoenix.
Visit hawaiianbarbecue.com for more information.
Other local commercial activity includes:
Beachcomber Campus Edge LLC bought the 28-unit apartment complex at 901 N. First Ave. from 3011 Nine LLC for $4.2 million. Allan Mendelsberg and Joey Martinez, with Picor, represented both parties.
Redwood Villa Inc. bought the 9,100-square-foot Dollar General Store at 12059 W. Clark Farms Blvd. from Scalzo-Ostermiller LP for $2 million. Dave Hammack, with Picor, represented the seller and George L. Renz, with Renz & Renz Investment & Commercial Brokerage, represented the buyer.
GrantCampbell SBUX LLC bought 1.05 acres of land at 2350 N. Campbell Ave. from Campbell/Grant Joint Venture LLC for $1.8 million. Rob Tomlinson and Greg Furrier, with Picor, represented the seller.
Shahen LLC bought a 2,468-square-foot retail building on 0.52 acres at 3578 and 3580 N. First Ave. from Emanuel A. Pita and Elizabeth A. Pita for $720,000. Greg Furrier and Natalie Furrier, with Picor, handled the sale.
AB46 Investments LLC, doing business as D2 Dispensary, leased 13,888 square feet of retail space at San Francisco Square, 3906 N. Oracle Road, from The Machado Family Trust. Dave Hammack, with Picor, represented the landlord and Cameron Lee, with David Lee Real Estate Co., represented the tenant.
Guero’s Produce LLC leased 3,390 square feet of industrial space at 850 E. Ohio St. from RRL Inc. Denisse Angulo-Badilla, with Picor, represented the tenant and Max Fisher, with BRD Realty LLC, represented the landlord.
The 1960s home has walls built and decorated with thousands of empty bottles.
