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Oro Valley’s Harvest Restaurant fell under new ownership in October, and after nearly six months of Reza and Lisa Shapouri setting the menu for both lunch and dinner, it was time to test the food.

Why do people live in Northwest Tucson?

Construction is nearing completion on the Red Lobster at Oro Valley Marketplace. The seafood restaurant is expected to open mid-July.

With so many varieties of salads in style, I am amazed that seafood salad hasn’t become a standby on people’s plates.

Vestar Development Co., representative David Malin spoke before the Oro Valley Town Council last week, giving an update on tenants at the Oro Valley Marketplace.

Vestar Development Co.’s Oro Valley Marketplace has launched an  interactive website designed to share news, events, activities, tenants and highlights of the 115-acre project at Oracle and Tangerine roads.

When it opens for business this fall, Vestar’s Oro Valley Marketplace, at Oracle and Tangerine roads, will feature 26 major tenants. They include:

You know the cliché. Prophecies of Sabbath-day drag strip scripture booming from a voice that sounds like its owner injected human growth hormone directly into his larynx.

Chef Marc Panas brought a little extra pizzazz to the Oro Valley Farmer's Market March 6, whipping up a delectable tasting menu from fresh, mostly local ingredients chosen on the spot.

I was at my son's football game the other night and I was reminded of how the world's a very small place -- the six handshakes theory (also called six degrees of separation). For every person you meet, you're only six handshakes away from anyone in the world.

There is not a restaurant in Tucson that is more appealing to spend a memorable evening or to celebrate a special occasion at than The Gallery at Dove Mountain. The food is innovative and flawless; the ambiance sophisticated and the setting unsurpassed in natural beauty.